Your post reminds me of a quote from A River Runs Through It:
"All there is to thinking...is seeing something noticeable which makes you see something you weren't noticing which makes you see something that isn't even visible."
Norman Maclean is talking about fly fishing, but the same could be said about science.
Oh I love this! Thanks, Davis. I'll bet there's a lot about fly fishing that could be applied to science, and to life. Another friend shared this quote off-line from the Canadian band The Tragically Hip, on the topic of the frequency illusion, like when you learn a new word and then hear it everywhere: "...and just like after she heard, the word 'iridescent', everything was iridescent for a while."
This was so sychronicitous I almost fainted. But, also wanted to mention, I got taken to Red Lobster after my first pelvic exam, and also on some report card days (sometimes howard Johnson's.)
Before seeing your article, EVERY communication, written or verbal, I had had in the day was one where I had mentioned either/or "I want to draw better than I do, I think it is the best way to record my multiverse shifting" and/or "I need to read everything Carl Jung has to say about synchronicity". I made no connection between drawing AND synchronicity until I saw your article (and I particularly liked the illustration.
(Now that I'm seeing your other comments here, more synchronicity -- one of the things I needed to draw/document from my multiverse "shifts" had to do with... Fishing flies. Really. And my way if "jotting" things down initially these days has been to make a quick description to chat GPT and requesting an image. So, with almost nothing but "drawing and synchronicity" circling my head, I also had a satellite of "fishing flies".
Wooooooh, it's making me dizzy.
Lemme see if I can find what chat GPT gave me. A few of them were WILD and in a way admirable, but this one really only sucked in that I thought "well that's wrong" and I wanted to redo it on my own. Which I guess is also a win!
I love this soooo much! What a freaking synchronicity, since two days aga, I decided to carry my sketchbook in one hand, a pen in the other & draw whatever I come across!! & I resonate with everything that you wrote! Loved your piece, thanks for sharing!
Thank you Daria! We should all do this. And I love that you used a pen and not a pencil. It's a good reminder that it's not about getting it exactly right on the page. Thank you for sharing too!
I have what may be an outlandish suggestion, but I’ll offer it up. It might be interesting to study people with CSF (cerebral spinal fluid leaks). With this the fluid surrounding and keeping your brain afloat drops (like from standing or sitting up too long) the pressure drops. Your brain literally sags and droops. Pressure is exerted all over but particularly on the brainstem and mid brain as the upper areas bears downward.
I have this condition. I can tell you that in the worst case”crashes” I lose a sense of myself in the larger world. I am not myself. A lot of other things are happening too, but that sense of disconnect is profound.
I've also noticed that the rich consumption of information you mention in the essay applies to writing regularly as well. The way I read has certainly changed. In addition to the meaning itself, I now pay attention to the kinds of sentences I enjoy reading, the ones I don't, and why.
I never heard of the RAS (well, if I did, it was Psych 1 in 1972). Wonderful! I'll nurture those positive associations!
I hadn't either! I wonder if we'll start hearing about it everywhere now, ha.
Your post reminds me of a quote from A River Runs Through It:
"All there is to thinking...is seeing something noticeable which makes you see something you weren't noticing which makes you see something that isn't even visible."
Norman Maclean is talking about fly fishing, but the same could be said about science.
Oh I love this! Thanks, Davis. I'll bet there's a lot about fly fishing that could be applied to science, and to life. Another friend shared this quote off-line from the Canadian band The Tragically Hip, on the topic of the frequency illusion, like when you learn a new word and then hear it everywhere: "...and just like after she heard, the word 'iridescent', everything was iridescent for a while."
This was so sychronicitous I almost fainted. But, also wanted to mention, I got taken to Red Lobster after my first pelvic exam, and also on some report card days (sometimes howard Johnson's.)
That just goes to show what we will endure for those warm, cheesy biscuits, no? Feel free to share the near-fainting synchronicity if you'd like!
Before seeing your article, EVERY communication, written or verbal, I had had in the day was one where I had mentioned either/or "I want to draw better than I do, I think it is the best way to record my multiverse shifting" and/or "I need to read everything Carl Jung has to say about synchronicity". I made no connection between drawing AND synchronicity until I saw your article (and I particularly liked the illustration.
(Now that I'm seeing your other comments here, more synchronicity -- one of the things I needed to draw/document from my multiverse "shifts" had to do with... Fishing flies. Really. And my way if "jotting" things down initially these days has been to make a quick description to chat GPT and requesting an image. So, with almost nothing but "drawing and synchronicity" circling my head, I also had a satellite of "fishing flies".
Wooooooh, it's making me dizzy.
Lemme see if I can find what chat GPT gave me. A few of them were WILD and in a way admirable, but this one really only sucked in that I thought "well that's wrong" and I wanted to redo it on my own. Which I guess is also a win!
Nowhere to put images here... I will be putting all the images at my Folkshifting page in the next day or two!
I love this soooo much! What a freaking synchronicity, since two days aga, I decided to carry my sketchbook in one hand, a pen in the other & draw whatever I come across!! & I resonate with everything that you wrote! Loved your piece, thanks for sharing!
Thank you Daria! We should all do this. And I love that you used a pen and not a pencil. It's a good reminder that it's not about getting it exactly right on the page. Thank you for sharing too!
Mary, you are brilliant!
I have what may be an outlandish suggestion, but I’ll offer it up. It might be interesting to study people with CSF (cerebral spinal fluid leaks). With this the fluid surrounding and keeping your brain afloat drops (like from standing or sitting up too long) the pressure drops. Your brain literally sags and droops. Pressure is exerted all over but particularly on the brainstem and mid brain as the upper areas bears downward.
I have this condition. I can tell you that in the worst case”crashes” I lose a sense of myself in the larger world. I am not myself. A lot of other things are happening too, but that sense of disconnect is profound.
This was a truly enjoyable read.
I've also noticed that the rich consumption of information you mention in the essay applies to writing regularly as well. The way I read has certainly changed. In addition to the meaning itself, I now pay attention to the kinds of sentences I enjoy reading, the ones I don't, and why.
Thank you for sharing! :)