So you learned that trick to? I always imagined it was pouring a stream of info into my head, then going off to let it ferment...the wine of fine ideas...
Nice analogy. The whole purpose of dreaming is making connections between esoteric bits of data.
Many artistic and scientific breakthroughs have been attributed to dreams.
I can't say for sure whether any of my creations had their roots in dreams, but I use dreams as allegories a lot.