An editorial exploration of the thin line between dreams and memories.

Like many, I’ve noticed how some memories feel almost dreamlike. Hazy, surreal, and difficult to give justice to with words. I wanted to explore that overlap visually. I dug through years of iPhone photos and curated seemingly mundane images that held personal weight because of the memories attached to them. Then I used Midjourney’s /blend command to generate dreamlike mixtures of my memories. The result was images that felt familiar but just a bit off, like a distant memory.

Everything was compiled into a 14-page booklet, pairing the original and AI-generated images with excerpts from philosophers, poets, and authors who wrote about the overlap of dreams and memory. The title is a nod to both the AI process and the uncanny feeling memories can take on when they blend with dreams. I was hesitant about using AI at first. It’s something that scares me as a designer, but I think it’s crucial to engage with these tools and not avoid them. For this project, it turned out to be the perfect tool for the uncanny effect I was after.