I visualize a kind of finite malleable living space inside my head, in which conscious-I and the various subsets of myself (characters and the like) reside. There's mechanisms by which I can pass messages down to the subconscious and get messages back, but for the most part, I'm keeping myself busy and pointing out certain bits of input while the subconscious mass somewhere far underfoot mutters and calculates and makes decisions. Sometimes it takes the input and does it itself and kicks the resultant decisions up to the consciousness out of nowhere. Sometimes it lets me manipulate the input a bit first.
There are a few ways in which I can access the subconscious more directly, such as making art. If I do it right, I can put the conscious, thinking self aside for a while and just draw. This is not common, but it's nice when it happens. I don't have a visual metaphor for it.
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Date: 2006-11-16 09:08 pm (UTC)There are a few ways in which I can access the subconscious more directly, such as making art. If I do it right, I can put the conscious, thinking self aside for a while and just draw. This is not common, but it's nice when it happens. I don't have a visual metaphor for it.