How did Salvador Dali use to capture the surreal dream images?

Salvador Dali, the prominent Spanish surrealist painter from Figueres, in the Catalonia region of Spain, had a specific technique to capture the surreal dream images and turn them into art.

He would put a tin plate on the floor and then sit by a chair beside it, holding a spoon over the plate.

The moment he began to doze, the spoon would slip from his fingers and clang on the plate, immediately waking him to capture the surreal dream images.