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Each one of us has experienced waking from a dream, feeling its echo, remembering events and debris of the prior day, then moving through waking life aware of its glimmering broadcast

Our dreams are here and gone, here and gone

And yet we feel implicated: the dream, however opaque, has been given into our care

Each culture has developed its own techniques for reading dreams, using their over and undertones to engage and enrich waking life

But sometimes it can feel like our dreams have been lost

The structures of society that shape our lives make little room for dreaming as the demands of daily life push the vivid images, the pangs of longing, and the confusing messages far from consciousness

Our dreams get channeled into the routines of school, work, and consumerism. But what if we could find a place to dream, think, and explore outside of those structures and routines?

What if we could dream with each other?

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The New York City Dream Collective archives and collects dream deposits from the public with some past sessions held at the Brooklyn Public Library and Fort Greene Park

To make a virtual contribution, please submit your dream to the Dream Depository

The depository offers multiple formats—select what feels most applicable: an image, writing, or an oral testimony in the form of a recording

If you would like to anonymously contribute your dream material to the archive by mail, we also offer PostDream