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That's a great tip. I occasionally sit through a somewhat exotic variant: I imagine I can take to flight like a bird (slow flight only, not like Superman) and m
by kranner 13y ago
That's a great tip. I occasionally sit through a somewhat exotic variant: I imagine I can take to flight like a bird (slow flight only, not like Superman) and mentally take off from the balcony and imagine what the town would look like from above. The end of the exercise would be taking a full trip and 'returning' home.
It's a bit more engaging to figure out the aerial view of a place you normally navigate only by road. It's very hard to sustain this practice for even a minute or two initially.
- CodeCube 13y agoSee my other response above (wrote that before I read this, though well after you'd made the comment): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6286046 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6286046 I wonder how many people use flight for this kind of thing.
- kranner 13y agoI can tell you I came by it because I'd commonly see kites (as in birds of prey) drifting by, for hours on end, and I wondered what things would look like from their POV. Then when I actually tried to think like that (or imagine, I should say) in a sustained manner, it was unexpectedly hard; so I kept it around as an informal practice. edit: it's interesting that we both mention "not like Superman". For me it's about going as slow as possible.