DreamWork is a creative collaboration between Amy Jans’ DreamNudge method and Hattie Hayes’ Good Work creative sessions. Many creative people have powerful ideas but struggle to move them forward once everyday life takes over. DreamWork is designed to close that gap by pairing vision with protected creative time.

In the first half of the workshop, Amy guides participants through DreamNudge exercises that help clarify long-term vision, identify emotional blocks, and map dreams into small, actionable steps. Participants create a personal DreamLine: connecting a 10-year vision to a 1-year focus and a one-week action plan. The second half shifts into Good Work, a structured creative work session facilitated by Hattie Hayes. Phones are set aside, distractions disappear, and participants commit to deep creative focus in timed work blocks.

The result is a rare experience: not just talking about your ideas, but actually moving them forward in real time. DreamWork is ideal for writers, artists, thinkers, and anyone who wants to reconnect with their creative momentum.

Dream → Start → Momentum → Integrate

The workshop moves through two complementary modes: DreamNudge and Good Work, creating a full creative loop from imagination to action.

We begin with DreamNudge, a guided process designed to reconnect participants with what they truly want to create. Through visualization, journaling, and reflective prompts, participants complete the DreamLine: a mapping practice that traces a dream backward through time, from a long-term vision down to a practical step they can begin this week. The goal is simple but powerful: turn distant hopes into something tangible enough to start.

From there, the room shifts into Good Work, a structured creative work session. Phones are set aside and participants commit to focused time on their creative projects. Instead of talking about the work, this is time to actually begin.

After lunch, we return to Good Work for a second deep-focus session, allowing participants to continue building momentum and move further into their projects.

The workshop closes by returning to DreamNudge, where participants reflect on the creative process and explore tools for navigating resistance and sustaining progress. We end with a brief group reflection, an opportunity to share discoveries, celebrate progress, and leave with clarity about the next step forward.

The intention of the day is simple: to create a space where dreaming and doing can exist in the same room.

• ​Clarify a creative goal or project they want to move forward.
• Experience structured, focused time dedicated to creative work.
• Reflect on common forms of creative resistance and ways to navigate them.
• Develop greater clarity and momentum around their creative process.
• Leave with a clearer sense of direction and a next step they can take after the workshop.

• The War of Art, by Steven Pressfield: On overcoming creative resistance and showing up for the work.
• Big Magic, by Elizabeth Gilbert: A guide to centering your life around creativity, and finding joy in the journey.
• Syllabus, by Lynda Barry: Illustrated insights for making a creative practice an everyday part of your life, not an afterthought.
• The Artist’s Way, by Julia Cameron: A classic approach to unlocking creativity through journaling and reflection.
• And the DreamNudge journal: :) :) A creative goal-setting system designed to help transform big visions into gentle, actionable steps.

Hattie Jean Hayes is a comedian, actress and author, originally from a small town in Missouri. She is the creator of the zine Reporter Quarterly, the book Poems [for, about, because] My Friends, and the solo musical comedy I Was Never Cast in Annie. Hattie completed a SAFTA residency in September 2022. You can find her comedy, poetry, fiction, and other projects at hattiehayes.com

Amy Jans is a NYC-based creative facilitator, performer, writer, and founder of DreamNudge, a playful goal-setting brand that helps multi-passionate creatives and dreamers reignite their spark through journaling, light structure, and community. With experience on both the performing and industry sides of comedy, and training at UCB, Amy blends humor, play, and gentle accountability to make progress feel like a celebration.

Index scholarships are designed to benefit members of our community who do not have expendable cash to pay for the course, and those for whom the class price is not accessible. These need-based scholarships will go to the candidates who best demonstrate why they should be chosen for the free spot to our class based on the following criteria:

• Belong to groups that are traditionally underrepresented in the graphic design and creative industries
• Do not have jobs that would pay for these courses as professional development
• Cannot independently afford the class at list price
• Share our value of intentional community

The number of selected applicants chosen is subject to the discretion of Index and the instructor, but every course will select at least one. Apply for a scholarship here. Applications close April 17th.

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