Dreamcatchers
I love dreamcatchers. I have for a long time. I have a wall of them in my house. Also hanging over my beds.
Dreamcatchers are not just pretty talismans for bedrooms. They are woven stories, spiritual tools, and cultural guardians, born from specific Indigenous traditions and often misunderstood once they drifted into the mainstream.
I am fascinated with the mythology surrounding them. I have had weird dreams for many years. It’s got weirder over the years, especially when stressed. Though there were a few years in between when I didn’t dream at all. I think it was during that time that I started collected dreamcatchers. Didn’t help my dreams though.
Thankfully now that I am sleeping better, I am dreaming again. There is a comfort in dreaming. Even if they are weird dreams. They help my mind process things.
Beyond their cultural roots, dreamcatchers endure because they speak to a universal human need: protection while unconscious. They sit at the threshold between waking and dreaming, order and chaos, known and unknown. A web that decides what gets to touch the soul.
In traditional belief:
Bad dreams become tangled in the web and dissolve with the morning light
Good dreams know the path. They slide through the centre hole and travel down the feathers to the sleeper
The circular hoop represents the cycle of life, the sun, and the continuity of spirit
Feathers act as gentle ladders, guiding dreams without startling the soul
Dreamcatchers were often hung above infants and children, not as decoration, but as spiritual protection during the most vulnerable states of being, sleep and early life.
Seen through psychology, the dreamcatcher becomes less a supernatural net and more a mental technology. A ritual object that helps the mind feel safe enough to rest, dream, and process.
Psychologically, a dreamcatcher is a boundary made visible. A promise to the unconscious that it may wander, but not without support. Not magic in the supernatural sense.
Magic in the way meaning reshapes the mind.
I use a dreamcatcher in my merchandise and on my site because there is power in dreams. Dream big, catch those dreams and aim towards them. Every step you take towards your dreams is a step in the right direction.
The idea behind How Good Can It Get is just that. How good can your life be? What does your life look like when you dream big? I want my life to be as good as it can. I dream big. I want to achieve the things I dream of. Slowly but surely, I am taking the small steps. But I never want to stop dreaming.
I’m not ready to give up on my dreams, not yet. Even as they adapt and change, they are still all mine and I will do my best to live them.