Drifting and Daydreaming
What's In Your Hand?
To sit, perchance to daydream.
Daydreaming.
‘When we think about things that aren't actually happening, like when we daydream, the brain is essentially making up information rather than receiving and processing it-for this reason, researchers classify it as a "self-generated" brain state. In a recent study published in Nature Communications, researchers from Japan have identified that these self-generated states are associated with a specific pattern of brain activity known as "sharp-wave ripples." These ripples start in the hippocampus, an essential brain region for making and retrieving memories.
In general, the sharp-wave ripples from the hippocampus were generated in patients at night (presumably during sleep). Furthermore, the research team noticed a link between increased sharp-wave activity and thoughts that were more vivid or imaginative and less desirable or task-related, i.e. when their minds wandered.’
Less task-related thoughts. Does that sound nice to you?
Close your eyes for a moment or just turn off the device and look around.
You will be surprised what you “SEE”.
Click on Patti Smith below for her thoughts…..she is a goddess of wisdom, poetry, and song.
What a day for a daydream
What a day for a daydreamin' boy
And I’m lost in a daydream
Dreamin' ‘bout my bundle of joy
And even if time ain’t really on my side
It’s one of those days for takin' a walk outside
I’m blowin’ the day to take a walk in the sun
And fall on my face on somebody's new mowed lawn
I've been havin’ a sweet dream
I been dreamin’ since I woke up today
It’s starrin’ me and my sweet dream
'Cause she's the one that makes me feel this way
And even if time has passing me by a lot
I couldn't care less about the dues you say I got
Tomorrow I'll pay the dues for droppin’ my load
A pie in your face for bein' a sleepy bulltoad
And you can be sure that if you're feelin’ right
A daydream will last along into the night
Tomorrow at breakfast you may pick up your ears
Or you may be daydreamin' for a thousand years
What a day for a daydream
Custom made for a daydreamin' boy
And now I’m lost in a daydream-John Sebastian
Now I’m lost in a daydream….
Enjoy yourself.