The way that we visualize our brain and the way that we think can say a lot about who we are as a person. How we think connects to how we act, and thus how we effect others. But, actually take some time to visualize the way you think your mind works. Is it a house on a great big meadow? Maybe a giant library filled to the brim with books. I think that my mind kind of works like a palace. Not to sound pretentious or completely (and probably) annoying, but when I think of my brain, I imagine this complex and messed up floor plan. Every room has information built in the very walls and floors, every book or chair or bed is a reification I made up. The chandelier that hangs in the middle of the room reflects light into the dark corners. Each jewel, each stream of sparkle, each wire hidden by glamour, it is all (again) a contextualization of my thoughts and ideas. Along with that, it is also like constant construction. New rooms are added, some demolished, some combined messily. It all works find and dandy for me, I just walk the halls of my very long corridors, open up a door, and hope I find what I'm looking for.
On those days where my brain doesn't really fire at top speed or quality, I get lost in my mind palace. The way I move through the different levels and floors of my palace is through the stairs. The very stairs that also (with a cheap reference to Harry Potter) move around randomly. They just start shifting and shuffling and I have to brace myself and take a leap of faith that I fall upon the right set of stairs. They just start shifting randomly and all I can do is just hope that I land in the right place at the right time. Some days, I feel like the stairs are to my will and my command, other days, those stairs move sporadically, sputtering like it's not cast concrete stairs. You could probably imagine the brain scramble.
Now that comes to question, how do you think of your brain? Who does this make you to be? I'd say to remember that whatever you think can change and evolve over time and perspective, so if you don't like how unorganized you are or you cannot feel alive without a little bit of chaos, just change it.
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