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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