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How to Use ChatGPT, Jungian Dream Analysis, and Meditation to Build Powerful Scenecraft

WRITING 762.22E

Use technology and theory to discover new ways to create gripping scenes with powerful psychological, emotional, and visual content.

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What you can learn.

Learn to use ChatGPT and AI systems to interpret dreams
Employ meditation practices to deepen your engagement with special writing prompts
Understand how to reverse engineer your scenecraft to focus on impact
Learn how dreams serve as engines to turn complex or unconscious ideas into powerful images

About this course:

Joseph Campbell once described psychologist Carl Jung's writings about dreams as examining x-rays of the spiritual state. Dreams are engines to turn complex or unconscious ideas into powerful images. This workshop uses ChatGPT to help interpret dreams using ideas from Carl Jung’s work. It then uses meditation, ChatGPT, and writing prompts to show creators how to reverse engineer this process and turn abstract character descriptions or breakdowns into gripping scenes with powerful psychological, emotional, and visual content. This course is taught by Jerry Lee Davis, an author, screenwriter, and playwright with over 20 years’ experience teaching meditation, and Henry Lien, an author and writing instructor with 20 years’ experience as an art dealer representing artists working in Jungian themes.

Spring 2025 Schedule

May 17

Saturday 10:00AM - 1:00PM PT

Future Offering (Opens May 03, 2025 12:00:00 AM)

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Instructor: Henry Lien

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Location: UCLA X Open

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Notes

Enrollment opens two weeks prior to the event. Enrollment limited; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Internet access required.

This course is held via video teleconference. As such, instructors use Zoom to offer a live class meeting at the designated time. Students must be present at the course meeting time to participate in the class.

Course Requirements

Internet access required to access course materials.

Schedule

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Date

Time

Location

Online

Sat May 17, 2025

10:00AM PT - 1:00PM PT

UCLA X Open