Stream of unconsciousness

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somniloquy during sleep, in connection to their actions within a dream.^[1]

Stream of unconsciousness is characterized by disjointed leaps in ideation and story line, bizarre new word creation, loss of self-censorship, one sided conversations and punctuation that can make the prose both disturbing and difficult to follow. Despite the name, the stream of unconsciousness occurs more in the form of waves than an actual continuous running stream of dialogue. The stream of unconsciousness is one of several forms of

stream of consciousness

.

History

The audio recordings of Dion McGregor (1922–1994) can be perceived as one of the precursors of the 'stream of unconsciousness' (narrative mode), although his monologues and somniloquy were never transcribed and presented as such. "Dreams" (1995) by contemporary American artist Jim Shaw is a collection of illustrations and extremely detailed dream descriptions.^[4] "Experiment with Dreams" by Leif Elggren and Thomas Liljenberg (Stockholm Feb. 1996) may also be attributed to the formation of this method.^[5]

Notable works

Examples of notable works employing the stream of unconsciousness narrative mode are:

"Le Bobcat" Bryan Lewis Saunders and Raymond Dijkstra. Short Story on Cassette (Fragment Factory 2010)
"The Reasons Why I Dream With Knives" Bryan Lewis Saunders. Nonfiction Book (Stand-Up Tragedy 2010)
"The Confessor" is a book on tape composed of 24 album chapters on 12 audio cassettes. With each album serving as a chapter, over 24 musicians and experimental sound artists created music for the unconscious epic poem by Bryan Lewis Saunders. "The Confessor" was created from app. 30 nights of somniloquy and dream descriptions. Poem and Book on Tape (Stand-Up Tragedy 2011)
"Protective Geometry" Ed Pinsent and Bryan Lewis Saunders. Comic Book. (2012)

References

^ "Episode 5: Recent Sleep Works." Glossolalia. [1], Resonance 104.4 FM, London. 17 May 2010. Radio.
^ "Razen: The Science of Sleep". [2], USA. 04 Aug. 2011 Web.
^ "Stream of Unconconscious on Stand-Up Tragedy" [3], France. 13 June 2011 Web.
^ "Dreams".[4], Los Angeles. 2008 Web.
^ "Experiment with Dreams". [5] Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Stockholm. Feb. 1996 Web.

External links

Glossolalia Episode 5: Recent Sleep Works
Bryan Lewis Saunders Sleep Works Archived 2011-09-17 at the Wayback Machine
Experiment with Dreams Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
Dion McGregor Discogs

[1] "Episode 5: Recent Sleep Works." Glossolalia. [1], Resonance 104.4 FM, London. 17 May 2010. Radio.

[2] "Razen: The Science of Sleep". [2], USA. 04 Aug. 2011 Web.

[3] "Stream of Unconconscious on Stand-Up Tragedy" [3], France. 13 June 2011 Web.

[4] "Dreams".[4], Los Angeles. 2008 Web.

[5] "Experiment with Dreams". [5] Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Stockholm. Feb. 1996 Web.

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