An interesting podcast on radiolab - on Lucid Dreaming, and I'm inspired - again, if it's as easy enough as asking oneself throughout the day whether one is dreaming or awake, the only qualm is that I desperately look forward to those 6, 7, 8 hours of unconscious oblivion, and I worry that any sort of dream-activities will only tire me out in the morning.
It's worth a chance.
Today I've reminded myself easily 30 times that I'm Awake, not dreaming, so I'm curious as to how this evening's dreams will pan out.
I imagine a scenario in which I realize I'm dreaming, arrange (when the novelty of materializing the Dallas Cheerleaders wears off) a perfect den in which I can work upon my writing, a cabinet of curiosities, a sense of flow uninterrupted by my day-to-day life. I imagine a sense of continuity - being able to continue said work night after night - while sleeping, of course, and I imagine being able to pack a notepad or file-folder under my arm when I return to my waking self that I can easily transcribe into my notes.
There will be no writer's block or interruptions to my thought processes here.
And then - today again, curiously (or not so) - a link on tCDS - Transcranial Stimulation - on Boing Boing. This has interested me for a while (in addition to Ganzfeld devices) - I've even been looking for Rectifiers and bought a belt to wear about my head for these experiments.
Really, there has to be an easier way to write and paint for a living, but they involve time and practice, and I don't have these. The shortcuts all the way.
Anyways, for those interested in getting into flow, links on tCDS below:
Links: Boing Boing: Zapping the Brain into Expert Mode, New Scientist: Fast Track to Pure Focus, DIY tCDS