Hypnagogia: Inspirational Naps, A Key to Dali’s Creativity?

  Hypnagogia, otherwise known as phantasmata or a half-dream state was famously used by Salvador Dali to enhance his creativity. He wasn’t the only one to use it, but he was one of the most famous. Thomas Edison was another famous figure who practiced hypnagogia although it was Dalí who refined the method and spread it more widely. Like many others, these two figures were convinced that getting a little sleep, at the right time, was the key for ideas to flow again and to do so with greater force. Today, there’s scientific evidence that suggests they were right. Albert…