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    The Mindbrain and Dreams An Exploration of Dreaming, Thinking, and Artistic Creation Mark J. Blechner Rsatecee, rant, kon Prk, Abgdon Oxon OXIA ARN TIT Ae, New York, 40017 Ras iit f th Toler on rnc Ce en nfm bes (2 2018 Har. acer Fhe ftrh) a se re dere fie ee pms abrgan Sc Teena Ser ore ee tonnes oe SQ UERE researc one Se Seishin laren rt en tren pny sc xyes ae) (iar atten sc mers coe saa rena Gotcnpu eta an oe ns tate Bi ht an ema ty iene Sei win/aea icc we (eirtdnd wae pes ecn vRONTOSTI66 s.r. (ns) Sis gusr oo) ISBN Sr-si-aser? (at) Sy Wane Badan Ty nd Wee ‘An bt aman’ rach should excet his grip, or wha' x este fo ober Browning, naa a Sao The Mindbrain and Dreams In The Mndvain and Dreams: dn Bsploaton of Dreaming, inking, ‘and Araste Creavion, Mak 3. Blechner argues thatthe mind and brain ‘howl be understood as single walt te “"mindbain”~ al manip: Ines our ra perceptions ofthe world and resupes tht world trough roams, hough and arate eeton “This book explores how dreams are key to understanding meet po- cess, and ow working ith dreams elnically with inva and ‘Boups provides an essential route tovard achieving wansoematon ‘within the pyehoanale proces. Covering such Key topics at know ledge emotion, meaptor, and memory, thls book sets ou radial new fgenda for understanding the importance of dreams inhuman thought ed ther cinial importance in paychoanalsis. Blecher builds on his revious work and takes it much fares, rang on the ltest nurse fe Dadiags to set out & now way of how the mindbeainconstucts ‘eality, while providing guidance on how best to help people undersan ‘The Mindbran and Dreams: An Exploration of Dreaming. Tong and Artic Craton wil epeal psychologists sycheanalyt, pile Septers, and cognitive neuroscientist who at new ways Yo explore ow people think and understand the Wold Mark 3. Blchner, PLD, is psychologist and poychosnsyst in New York Ciy, He is taining and supervising psyehoanalyst at Wiliam [Alanson White Insite. He has taught at Columbia Univer, Yale Universiy, and New You University Psychoanalysis in a New Key Book Series Donna! 8 Stern Serer Ear When musi plied in anew key, the melody doesnot chang but he notes that make up the composition do: change ia the context of eon aut, comtauity that persveres trough change, Poychonelsis 8 ‘New Key publises books hat share the alms payehounlysts have slways had but that approach thm ferey. The books in the sere srenot expected io advance ay prc herein agora alioagh to this date mos have been writen by analysts ffm the Interpersonal a Relaonal ovenations “The mos important contibton ofa prychoanalyte book is the com- ‘munication of something tat midges the reader's grasp of clinical theory {nd practice in an unexpected dieeon.Prychoaalyis int New Key ‘creates deliberate focus on innoatve snd unscting clinical thinking Because tat Kind of thinking i efccurged by exploration ofthe some. times surprising contributions to psychoanalysis of ideas and findings from other fields, Psycboualyis in a New Key partly encourages Imerdsciptinary audies: Books nthe srs have marie psychoanalysis ith dssovation, trauma thoory,scilogy, and eiminlagy. The seis ‘Sorento the consideration of its examining te relationship between Pyehonalsis and any other fel for instance, ology itary and er src, philosophy, ssths deny, anthropology, and polital tery ‘But inpovation aso takes place within te boundaries of psycho says and Prychosnalysis ia New Key therefore alo present war ‘ime yerormulates thousand practice witout leaving the precncs of the field, Books in the series focus, fr example, onthe significance of | personal values in poyhomalytic practice, onthe complex interelation- Ship becween the analysts eis! work and peso lif, onthe eon ‘sequences forthe clinical situation when patent and analyst ae fom ferent ules and onthe nee for pryhoanalyss to accept the degree to whic they knowingly sts thei own wishes during wearment hous, ‘Shen tothe patents tment Al ist of al asim this sores fx ‘ralble wor routed. com/ories//EAPNKBS “TITLES IN"THIS SERIES INCLUDE: Vol. 42 The Mindbrain and Dreams ‘An Exploration of Dreaming, Tinkng and Arise Craton Mart Blciner ‘ol: 42 Purther Developments in Interpersonal Prychoanalyis, {oe 20105 ‘volving ners inthe Analyst's ubjetviy ‘Edied ty Donne Str an It Hirsch ‘Vol Understanding the Sexual Betrayal of Boys and Mea “The Tun of Sora Abuse Edad by Rohard 3 Grin ol. 40 Healing Sexually Betrayed Men and Boys “rested for Seva Abr, Assault and Trauma ted by Rickard 3 Garner Vol. 39 The Vole of the Analyst ‘Narativeson Developing aPychounayie entiy ‘Ede by Linda Hillman and Terese Rosenblatt Vol 38 Interpersonal Prychosnalyis and the gma of Consciousness gar A, Levenson and edie by lan Siomowite Contents List of figures ‘Aeknvsledgments 1 Ingodetion| ow the mindbrain transforms the world 2: The mindbin crests its wn version ofthe world 3: Conentin, interband categories 4 Displacement 5 Manor 6 Puns—ingsisc wd noningsintc 7 Homoforn 0d emomlodes § Metonyny 9 Symbols 10 Dreams and the mindbrain's structuring of ‘experience 11 Psychological defenses and dreams 5 2s a 45 100 107 m 120 134 146 ‘Working with dreams clinically 12 New ways of conceptslizing and working with reams 13, The dream guides its own analysis: ow to work with dreams overtime 14 Group dream interpretation PART I Dreams, knowledge, memory, emotion, and the mindbrain 15 How neuropsychoanalysis and clinical psychoanalysis ean lea from each other 16 Elusive illusion: reality judgment and reality assignment in dreams and waking life 17 When your midbrain knows things that you don't 18 Memory, knowledge, and dreams 19 The language of thought and the waking work List of dreams in The Minna and Dreams References Index ‘ a3 18s 96 220 as 237 252 265 280 294 30s 309 34 Figures Pablo Paso, Baboon and Her Youn (Caspr Devi reich, Sltary Tree, 1821 Rene Magrite, The Rape ‘Waite Diamonds Perfime Advertisement ‘Which isk an whic is Boba? Colorado Rives Agiedict a ayeld, Ferny 2012, ‘Swimming Poo! Sel Beat Leck Hinge Calipionetaby Rebus | Rebus 2 Wifemether pt Figurative rnsposton Rene Magrite, Memory Joan Mi This I the Color of My Dreams, 1925, Pablo Paso, Pine aok and Sil Life on Table Brahms Clarinet Sonata, Op, 120, #2, frst movement, clarinet pr theme Theme? ‘The Mole-Lyer optic sion with ows (1889) 267 Acknowledgments [have been fortunate to hive been supported tvoushout my ie by teachers, collegues, fay and ends who norton and supported ny ‘multifarious inellectalparits and never boxed me in. Writing this ‘book fas brought me back Ini coatict wit teachers frm nearly 50 years mo, including musicologist Robert Marsal and Ann B. Sct, nd the biliant resercers a Haskins Laboratories and Ball Laborato ries. My peer supervision group, the Viserys Sandra vechl, Richard Gartner, John O'Leary, Alison Rosen, and Rober Watson, all precious tome have collaoried ethusiastialy with me in experiments about ‘icums sd linia! werk. Fred Str was expecially erate a suggest- ing experiments frou rive dream group, am immensely gratefl to Barbara Sotde and Dasist Kolo, who caeflly red the entire text and gave me excelent suggestions. In a tion, potions of te txt beneted fom axis comments by Nanette ‘Avettain, Marianne Goldberger, and Sue Shapiro. My ideas wee also ‘shaneed by many Blends and colleagues, including Robert Bare, Ensley Blachovood, I, Robert Bosna, Grant Brenner, Jane Bressler, Lee Bressler, Richard Brockman, Ellen’ Cawsey, Amy Cooney James Cutting, Ruth Day, Willa Domb, Kate Dio, Seen Fabel, Debs Farbman, Han Feng, Lebaard Ferane, Moton! Fons Hodges, slo "onsen, Wiliam Hirt, J, Allan Hobson, Stephen atotson, Zeit ‘Khan, Sesin Klebanot, Sian Kole, Emily Kurtoll, Laren Levine, aul Lippmana, Raul Ludnet, Lise Lyons, Jemnifer MeCarol, David Olds, Atv Painter, Alnander Persia, Milos Rte, Alan Schwa, Mark Solms, Jobaones Somary, Fred’ Stem, Ruth Samaras, Vivien “Tater, Christopher Warmke, Robin Young, and Poly Young-Eiendah, My nephew, Scot Bressler, Iss expertly designed and managed my ‘west and Se up the Hnks in the Book to musi! passage, rept that Tr poem, Hemah aod Norber Blechner and my ole sine, Jae ebb who sppred my werk easily, not ive to se the pubition of soa Soc Littl pefesinally eit he eine manssrp with wit and sesh nd coreced my unending of he tbat of kc an IRomoncly gral oh, as wll tt Donel Stem, who shepherded {Ropmicel it encournganen snd dstrinai, to Mat Deacon who ‘pelt te pint poten, ond fo he exper management eam ‘Rolorané Frnt, Kate Hawes ad Chares Bah Coad Commins tril Babns xampls emer. "My pan, ho moc emai named, seve the greatest hasks tor alowing mete chase eden tt pyeboogial process ‘Siespor wet dean. Prey effort hasbeen made to cnt ho copyright Role: fr thie einen ore secon: nhs tok Rotoge woul te ate {Steer om ey copy holder who suchreacknowlsged nd wil Cadets tors my ewes or omens fare eons of is Sook, Credit for he tgs fet gen undemedt each in hit tepeatv chapter Toros of Chaplers 3,9, and 19 wer et published in Blecher, M Cat The Drea Fron New Vor: Rowdee. Repay Pe tnison oar tnd Fras LLC “Kn cic versan of Chap 12, “Now ways of coreptuaizing and ssrtng nih dams wis bled in Comemporery Pochoaas, Sor, 9: 250-275 Reprinted ty pemen of Taper nd Francs LLC is err verso of Chg 1, “Cup ean nero” was pullshed in" ContnporayPaclomabss, 2011, #7: 406-418 Reprint by poison of apr nd Fane LLC Tu eater vesin of Chater 1S, "How nevropychoenbss end ical yetocnjts cn len fom each oe” was pubisbed in The “Gand ofPopehoanas, 201, 38-39 182-155 Rept by kid ps ‘non othe journal Ebr, aes W. Anderson “Kn cater version of Chyler 16, “Elsie loro: Realty jdgmest sod realy ssgnment in teae 8 waking Me™ wa published in Newpnchoonays, 2005, 795-10. Reprinted ty persion of ‘Tplorand Panels LLC. Chapter I Introduction eis worthy fem ht ble consay insete during he ely yeas of ie wh i pre, pps oacqule lose roe ft nse and be very essence of on inset stat Towed dependey fen (Chases Daewin, The Descontaf Man Lets star withthe word “nadbrain” [made it up, but not out of whole Clot eis a wd hat as been gexaing fr log time. When We 3 ing" we mean the collection of ment processes and faculies: When ‘ye say “brain” we mean the oly rea located In ur erin wich nos sents think is remponible forthe process we ell mind. We ear tht distinction from cur ealot years, an 30 it evlves ino 8 con- eye distin th sad o shake ‘Descartes ane tht ind war repartee bain, and we have Bees ranging with Desates dualism Te 400 years. Modem neuroses [nd it incompatible wih cei evidence’ we ae que sure today tht ‘Dears wes wrong tht te mind or sou was netted inthe pineal lind ‘We have bose moving ever closer fo viswing the unity of the mind and ‘rnin. Lingual, has come aut common fo write about de “min! Frain Bur hat rv slash eine the ce of asm Since the words “min” and “oa” contin fre us ito Deseares's dais, no mate ow much we yo eee fom we mus ake ings ation ad erete ‘thew word a willemble ue ink new thought Tm my Book The Dream Frontier (2001), wate: ‘he aim of moder nerousiense, as well as Freud's in his Project for a Scientific Pryohology, sto beable to account for mental even {ners of arblloieal processes, and vice vers, so that wltiately ‘ve will understand them as unr phenome. Ad 0, many of us he come total abut the “mind/eain” Tis compound te is the closet we can tin English thse days to hype Cutesen dualism, Maybe someiay we wil have a sgl woré fr the mindain, Pethaps we wil sy “mina” ofen enough, adit wl be shared intoa new word ke “mitron." Or maybe a comple new word ill ‘be colned Maybe someone wil reste ssh ew word ina dre. {wl no longer wat fr “Someone.” have decided to ak he linguistic bull bythe hom, eon the new werd and ue over ad over You may suk, “How fr is minds rom mindtrin?” My answer Very ft. Get rid of the forward sith, and you may fee human ‘hovel fom the semantic wap of dls, By heme ou reach he nd of this book, se whether you have gotten used fo “inde and have found your thiaking abou the mind and bain restructured, ‘Semantic iteration i conceptul eration, “Mindbrin” snot just ew word Is what Foucaat called an pic tome, Foucault wrote (1972, p 197} would define the epteme te spectively asthe step apparatus which permits pasting ot fom ‘mong al the sntements wich are possible thoe that willbe acoepabe within” New epistemes allow r restit new thoughts and new sate. ‘ment his she eae with “iindbain™ The Stayord Brcyclopedia of Philosphy ells us (Smart, 2017} diomatically we do use “She has a good mid” an “She has a wood nao intrchngeby at me would ay ay “Her mind was ‘ But comidr this we exh sty “She bas «good mindran” and we ean ‘sy “Her mindrain weighs Ay ounces." As stated above, the ack oft ‘unifying erm propssates the dualism of mind an ran nd may hope ‘hat my neolgisn of midbrain” wil allow a fo hak ia new wae [would Tike in this book also to etne ew ways of understanding reams and what they can tel about the operation of he mada Dans re given shor shift or nesleced completely by mos copniive euros, Why i dreaming gnored? ‘One reson is hati aro study people while hey are aslxp. No coe bas ported the content of «dream while is bappening Part of te Greuning mindbain fret upt nib motor avon wile we ae dream {ng this sa anod thing ot prevents us fom ating cut ur dreams while they are happening. Bue so fr, we oly have spots of dreams ae the fact Semaines, if we ae een inthe mile of «dream, there i ‘lly no time lag between dream and report; but even then, We do not Know ow eloe the dream epost the acta dean experince. There- For, esearch peyeholoprs ave been ski about studing dreams and Incorporating ebvervations about dreams ito general psychological the- cries i tht the data may not Be very vallabe. We have cea to memaris af eas they chimed but nthe dreams themselves ‘they are hapening "This mayo longer be te. wrote in The Dream Front Bechoer, 2001) that we only had access to memerie f deans. No ne hed bee ‘hl to observe another pesa’s dream as is happening, except in the Science-fction film Brofntorm. Since thes, bowever, «group of Jepae ese neuroscientists (ria etal, 2013) have been able to record ‘nagnatic resonance images (MRD) wile someone i sleep and dott Ini fom th bain sans some ofthe content tat the person ie drem- ing. The prospect of being able to tack the acta naraive of person's {team nea ie seems possibility inthe ntoo-isunt Fee Tn te esting ifthe content and strstr of dreams are subject to uncer, they are nevertolessnsportant. About one thd of ou ives is spot ep, and tmich of that time is spent dreaming. It sky Uo cade all hat mental acvity fom our psjehologial dears. I would Tike inthis book to dss some ofthe este characeistie of dreams tnd eam thinking. In my view, they are ets to our thoories of thinking experiencing, consciousness, emetion, metaphor, defenses, and problem solving. I wil ry 1 address some ofthe ways tba dreams apand ovr understanding of all these sobfelds in psychology and cogni+ tive nearoscienoe How the mindbrain transforms the world Freud bled thatthe dream starts with th tat dear though, which ‘an often bean unacceptable wish that emerges during the might while ‘we are sleeping In order to stay asleep, the mindtrain disguises the latent ream thought by tansfoming i trough what Fred ale “the mecha- sms ofthe dreamvork.” These meshanims isle condensation, dit Phcement, symboizatin, eb pcterilation. ‘Yet aay dame are not very diaghised,Psople who work sith reams clinically day aftr diy ae astonishal at ow litle sie i applied to ame ofthe themes tat are important to the dreamer and ‘would be expected o be too. Fru id ct Knom,a we 6 today, that we dream regulry though the night, much more often than we cot ‘iouly realize. Dreaming occire daring moxt REM pis a also ‘ccs dorng non-REM periods. Since dreams are ssh a egular occu ence during the night it sums ls sensible to lok fora unitary ease ‘of dreaming. If we keep asking "Why do we dean” the We sal have to ask also “Why do we think?” In nether cae can we expect single answer. We know tat dps osur in some waking though, through go defenses (A. Freud, 1936, MeWillams, 1994) and what Sallvan (1953) called “selective intention,” bu we donot assume high evel of sguise and censorship in all waking thoughts. Te sme may’ wel be true of dreus. “The mai source of he diicaty we have in wadestnding dreams is that dreams are not concemed wit cooumuniabliy (Becht, 2001). This View of dreams shits our Wew of te wncocious if not only & place of chuming drive tat are kept ou of awareness by cepesion. That may bea prt of but nt theron pat of it The bak four ink ing is unconscious, and par of what keeps it unconscious betes

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