Dream Symbols and the Stone They Shape

A dream wakes you in the night, thick with emotion. Its echoes tug at your thoughts all day, pulling you back toward something deeper—something unresolved. The weight of it lingers, familiar symbols surfacing again and again: the same bird, the same path, the same animal crossing into view.

But what does it mean?

Symbols are the common language of our inner world. Long before we were born, they lived in the collective psyche—guiding us, warning us, calling us inward. A bird hitting a window, a rushing river, a hand reaching through the unknown, a door cracking open, a bear appearing at a fork in the trail. These aren’t just dream fragments. They’re ancient patterns, hardwired into us.

As I carve, I find myself drifting back into these dream places—spaces more vivid than memory, filled with imagery that insists on being expressed. Bears have emerged again and again in my work. Owls, too, for more personal reasons tied to reflection and the mystery of self. These animals—especially those of the boreal wild—carry weight. Not just for me, but for many of us.

So even if they appear often in my work, it’s not repetition—it’s resonance.

Our dreams are trying to speak. Sometimes, they even carve the stone with us.

Keep listening.