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Originally Posted by Cactus Chef
For me I'm not fully "dreaming" yet. It's sorta in that in-between state of consciousness and dreaming--like when you wake up ten minutes before your alarm goes off and you're trying to fall back asleep but you know you're gonna have to be awake in a few minutes anyway.
Dunno why that particular semi-conscious state seems to amp up the brain's creative juices. I have a Dyson fan in the bedroom as well, and sometimes quiet, high-pitched static sounds given off by the fan get interpreted by my brain as electronic musical notes while I'm trying to fall asleep. If I focus too hard on it, it stops, but it's interesting when I'm at least passively aware of it to see what my brain will "compose" from the random electronic noise.
Would be nice if I could get it to channel some of that creativity on-demand!
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If I remember rightly I once read somewhere that an important part of sleep is that we let go of our inhibitions which allows our brain to sort through the crud we've picked up during the day - it allows our brains to work through problems without any conscious barriers, keeping our mental state healthy. I wonder if this lowering of inhibition, which is essentially a filter the brain puts in place to protect us, allows your brain to pick up patterns in the fan noise that would otherwise be 'filtered out' by the brain when fully awake?