4
Oct/11

DREAM-OVER: A SLEEP-OVER FOR GROWN-UPS

4
Oct/11

Rubin Museum
150 West 17th St. at Seventh Ave.
Tickets on sale October 4, $108
Event takes place October 22, 8:00 pm – 9:00 am
www.rmanyc.org/dreamover

The Rubin Museum’s inaugural Dream-over this past March was a unique and wildly successful sleepover party for adults. It’s safe to say that Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler’s files never contained anything quite like this. Complete with bedtime stories, expertly guided discussions of Freudian dream interpretation and imagery, and a night bedded down in front of an artwork specially selected for each dreamer, the event sold out in minutes as adventurous New Yorkers rushed to spend an evening amid the colorful paintings and mystical sculptures of many-armed buddhas, flying sages, and spectacular contemporary photography in the Rubin’s exceptional collections of Himalayan art. It’s no pipe dream that the Dream-over is back; its October 22 reincarnation will be conducted under the guidance of Lama Lhanang Rinpoche, spiritual teacher of the Nyingma Longchen Nying-Thig order of Tibetan Buddhism, and clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst Dr. William H. Braun. Lucky participants will engage in an art meditation workshop, discussions of Tibetan Dream Yoga, and Himalayan tales as well as enjoy a midnight snack, Tibetan breakfast, and no contact with the outside world for more than twelve hours. (Turn those cellphones off!) Lucky participants fill out a detailed Dreamlife Questionnaire in advance, then the Rubin decides which artwork each dreamer will snooze under — one that will hopefully influence your brain’s nighttime wanderings. (If you go as a couple, you will both sleep together under one work of art.) Tickets are a bit pricier than in March ($108 vs. $55) and the event may sell out even more quickly, but you’ll instantly know it’s well worth the money and effort when you arrive in nightclothes and with a sleeping bag and bed down under the eyes of hundreds of compassionate buddhas — or a modern photograph of an Indian street, as we did in March — and see just what one’s subconscious turns up.