Dreaming the World Awake | Scott Ramon | TEDxYouth@BWYA

Dreams have shaped human creativity since the beginning of artmaking. In this talk, Scott explores how the subconscious has transformed ordinary experience into extraordinary visual culture from prehistoric cave art and Aboriginal Dreamtime to Egyptian symbols, Greco‑Roman mythology, and Renaissance visions. He then examines the rise of Surrealism, where artists like René Magritte, Max Ernst, Joan Miró, Man Ray, and Frida Kahlo used dream imagery to unlock new ways of seeing, influenced by Freud and later C ...