Dreaming is alignment work: the brain seems to rehearse tomorrow by compressing the day, folding metaphor into metaphor.

You wake with only the shimmer of the story - and later might realize the shimmer was the attempt at a predictive map to prepare you for the future.

When you want to improve communication with your subconscious and learn more about yourself, it may be worth exploring speaking to yourself in symbols and metaphors - condensing your message into sequential visual patterns. You can do this via art (including poetry and prose), or use your imagination. Perhaps, through dreaming, your mind will respond.