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Some writer and artists would use the following: Hold a key in one of your hands and hang your hand down by your side while you let yourself fall asleep while
by 52-6F-62 7y ago
Some writer and artists would use the following:
Hold a key in one of your hands and hang your hand down by your side while you let yourself fall asleep while sitting in a chair (honestly this first part sounds the most difficult).
When you fall asleep—or rather the trance-like borderlands between awake and sleep— you should naturally drop the key (or whatever metallic, noise-making object) which should spring you back awake retaining some of that state you just fell into, or any insights sprung into mind during that state.
I'm sure everyone's had mornings where they woke up after dreaming but without feeling quite awake—it's related to that feeling that they'd chase.
Maybe someone has a link on hand to a better write-up about it. I don't.
- jordan314 7y agoDidn't Benjamin Franklin sleep at his desk with a stick propped under his elbow, so when the stick fell out he would invent stuff? I remember hearing that somewhere but now I can't find it
- selimthegrim 7y agoMaybe Franklin did this with the key and it gave him the lightning rod idea
- 2snakes 7y agoMaybe but IIRC Tesla would hold a ball in his hand before dozing and dropping.
- petargyurov 7y agoI would be willing to try this if it didn't take me 20 minutes to fall asleep, probably even longer if I had to do it on a chair in the middle of the day.
- dana321 7y agoOr just move next door to some noisy neighbors that randomly wake you up with bangs.
- 1_player 7y agoI think the quote is from Salvador Dali.
- 52-6F-62 7y agoDali is definitely one of the people I remember talking about the method, but I've heard it elsewhere as well.