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How Each Session Works

Every session follows a simple repeating structure that deepens as the weeks progress:

  • A short mindfulness practice to settle into the dream space

  • Teaching and direction for the week's focus

  • Solo making time — music on, you work, I hold the space

  • Questions and close — followed by your between-session prompt and ritual

Week 1 — Entering the Image

  • Choosing your dream — selecting an image that has energy and room to move

  • Opening active imagination practice — meeting the dream image and allowing it to become alive

  • Learning to see what the image carries — beneath the surface, what moves, what wants to move

  • Freehand sketching and first material exploration

  • First simple captures — getting comfortable with the process

Week 2 — First Movements

  • Brief active imagination return — noticing what has shifted in the image since we last met

  • Producing your first sequences

  • Working with repetition and variation

  • Letting the image lead — following instinct over plan

Week 3 — Deepening the Sequence

  • Active imagination as creative compass — allowing new layers of the dream to inform your choices

  • Editing and reviewing your footage

  • Adding layers — sound, texture, pacing

  • Refining the emotional arc of your piece

Week 4 — Completion and Emergence

  • Final capture and editing

  • Finishing your animated piece (up to ~90 seconds)

Bonus Session — Screening & Celebration Sunday May 31, 2026

The fifth and final session is a screening of your completed work — open to friends, collaborators, and fellow dreamers you want to invite into the room. Selected pieces will be featured on Entering the Creative Unknown, Stacy's YouTube show dedicated to the edges of creative practice. Participation in the recording is entirely optional.

The Dream Animation Festival submission deadline is June 1, 2026.

What You'll Need

  • A smartphone

  • A computer

  • Apps and materials list sent in advance of the first session

Investment $125 Dream School members receive 20% off — use your discount code at checkout.

Refund Policy Full refund if cancelled before April 27. 50% refund if cancelled between April 27 and May 3. No refund after the program begins May 4, but your spot may be transferred to someone else.