of evaluation has to be curbed. Encourage  the person  to
shift their sensitivity from the drawing style to the story
they make up.
      I  make these comments only as a precaution, in case
such problems arise, for they sometimes do. Yet  for the
most part, people have a  natural  tendency  to make  up a
story about the drawing—it is child's play.
    After the stories have been told, the dreamers identify
themselves   in   turn,  tell  their  dreams,  and   give their
reactions  to the stories. Sometimes  the  dreamer needs
some   help,  too.  It  is  natural  to  compare  the original
dream   with   the   story   told  about   the   drawing.  The
dreamer  may  say,  "Well,  you   were  right   about   this
part, but  wrong  about  that part." That's  fine, but  misses
the  point of the game. The dreamer can be  helped along
with  questions  such  as  (1) What  did  you  learn  about
your dream from hearing  the person's story? (2) Did the
story   remind  you  or  help  you   become  aware of any
feelings  you  had  about  your dream?  (3) Did  the story
remind you of anything about yourself?
      In  the discussion  period  there  are often discovered
provocative  connections  between  the  story, the dream,
the  story  teller  and   the  dreamer.  It  may  be  that   the
story's  theme  strikes  a  deep chord  within the dreamer,
perhaps   revealing  the  essence  of  the  meaning  of  the
dream. More often it is just one aspect of  the  story  that
speaks  to  the dreamer, creating  a  new awareness  about
the meaning of some part of the dream. If the story teller
is asked to try to reconstruct how the drawing stimulated
the  story  that  was told, it may  be learned that it was the
color,  the  shading,   the   placement,  etc.,  that   seemed
significant. The dreamer then may come to recognize the
way they expressed themselves with  their hands  and  get
in  touch  with  new  levels  of  meaning.  Sometimes  the
story proves  to  be a remarkably accurate"reading" of the
dreamer  in  some  way,  leaving  the  group  marveling  at
the mystery of "where the story came from." There  is  no
way of  predicting  in  advance  the  kind  of  insights  that
will emerge from the  discussion. So  it  is  best  to allow
the    discussion   period   to   be   freewheeling,   led   by
curiosity and a respect for the truth contained in feelings.

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