There must be several different approaches to
creating mosaics from dream symbols. For example, one
may cut out pictures from magazines that are especially
evocative of one's dream symbols. These pictures can
then be arranged and rearranged, as in a game, to
discover possible relations among the symbols. Or they
can be chosen and placed at random, as if one had a
personally suited Tarot deck for obtaining answers to
questions. They can also be organized around a
particular theme or arranged to tell a story.
      Magazine cut-outs can be beautiful, but there are
certain advantages to drawing our symbols ourselves.
Our hands will express a certain knowledge of the
symbol's meaning and with our eyes we can try to
become aware of what our hands are telling us. We are
also free to doodle with and around the symbols and join
them in specially meaningful ways.
      One approach to creating mosaics from dream symbols
I call the dream shield. The shield is made in the shape of
a circle. This imposes a certain structure, like a force
field, so that making a dream shield feels like making a
mandala. The shield is focused at the center and the
natural symmetry suggests a situation of opposed but
balanced elements. Like a mandala, the circular dream
shield says, "These symbols are one."

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