What sharpens your perception most?

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Wed, 2008-04-16 23:27

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markbrown's picture

What sharpens your perception most?

Hello.

I think writing is a practice of seeing and noticing.

If you don't see and notice you don't make stuff that is good.

I have a cold at the moment. It is rapturous. Everything is sparkling and shimmering with detail.

What sharpens your perception? Is it a snow flakes on your face, a gin and tonic, a trip to the bathroom, or something else?

What is that makes you feel like you can really see?

Cheers,

Mark

Thu, 2008-04-17 10:36

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bobblehat2023's picture

My glasses.

Thu, 2008-04-17 11:18

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poetjude's picture

Nootropics. jude "Cacoethes scribendi" http://www.judesworld.net

Thu, 2008-04-17 12:08

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Ewan's picture

Drink, but it's an illusory sharpness of vision.

Author Page at the 'Zon

Thu, 2008-04-17 16:54

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Brooklands's picture

This coffee shop, Eliot's, that is now closed but it was amazing. It didn't look at all like a coffee shop - it was concretey and messy and a bit cold. But it always made me people stop and look in through the huge, often cracked window. They had the face of perfect - what is this? - confusion which I loved.

Thu, 2008-04-17 19:38

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keleph's picture

watching a good film usually makes me wake up and look at things. It was "All the President's Men" last week.

keleph

Thu, 2008-04-17 20:42

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Yan2's picture

I have regular awakenings whereby I'm thrust into a preternatural sea of nowness. It's beautiful and you're just jealous. ~It's a maze for rats to try, it's a race for rats to die.~

~It's a maze for rats to try, it's a race for rats to die.~

Thu, 2008-04-17 21:20

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raysawriter's picture

There's nothing like being in the here and now, so it must be an attitude thing. I like things that make me want to write poetry. Earlier this year I walked through a field of virgin snow. There weren't any other foot prints in it and the sun was shining. That was pretty good. Ray

Ray

Wed, 2008-04-23 14:14

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animan's picture

Pain and fear, generally - preferably shaken, not stirred.

Wed, 2008-04-23 20:04

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_jacobea_'s picture

I recently got a writing high following a party, so i guess it was the excitement and alcohol that did it.

Fri, 2008-04-25 14:11

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T. Imaan Tretch...

T. Imaan Tretchicovmanicova's picture

meditation

Sun, 2008-04-27 08:29

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TheShyAssassin's picture

Three pints of Adnam's Broadside in The Chandos Arms in Oakley. I was listening to something on Radio 4 the other day about the link between substance abuse and writing. Someone asked the question could F.Scott Fitzgerald have written Tender is the Night without a sea of martini? Interesting.

Sun, 2008-04-27 17:30

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Ewan's picture

I think that is indeed an interesting question Bashful Murderer, and it's one I've pondered myself. The answer I have for "someone"'s question is no, but he would have written something else - and it would have been as good, but different. I guess what I'm saying is; as far as writing goes, I believe in nature not nurture - and that's why what I'm writing is being read here and not between hardcovers.

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Tue, 2008-04-29 21:52

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jennifer's picture

Other people's writing. Mainly. Opening my mind to the way that other people see things enables me to look at my own life in different ways. This is why, now, as soon as my gates opened again, I am right back here on abc. Reading and writing.

Thu, 2008-05-01 11:55

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pepsoid's picture

Peace, quiet, solitude… and sex! :) pe ps oid "the progenitor" "the art of tea" "that's an odd courgette"

The All New Pepsoid the Second!

Thu, 2008-05-01 12:46

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Yan2's picture

Abstinence. Long term detachment. Voyeurism. Stepping as close to abyss as possible. Losing your mind. Finding it again. Death. ~It's a maze for rats to try, it's a race for rats to die.~

~It's a maze for rats to try, it's a race for rats to die.~

Fri, 2008-05-02 11:24

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Rusty N's picture

Conversations - especially with someone who has equal passion towards the subject. Rusty N

Rusty N

Fri, 2008-05-02 14:00

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pepsoid's picture

Sex! Oh sorry, I think I mentioned that... ;) pe ps oid "the progenitor" "the art of tea" "that's an odd courgette"

The All New Pepsoid the Second!

Sat, 2008-05-03 14:37

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alp's picture

Rainbows (especially the ‘fully arched’ ones that seem to ‘stretch across the sky’!). Looking out of an aeroplane window (when it’s flying!).

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