Why broken sleep is a golden time for creativity — People once woke up halfway through the night to think, write or make love. What have we lost by sleeping straight through? – Karen Emslie – Aeon - http://aeon.co/magazin...

Ещё одна история про «сон из двух частей» — “My own night-waking confirms this difference between night- and day‑waking; my night brain definitely feels more dreamlike. When dreaming, our minds create imagery from memories, hopes and fears. And in the dead of night, drowsy brains can conjure up new ideas from the debris of dreams and apply them to our creative pursuits. In the essay ‘Sleep We Have Lost’ (2001), Ekirch wrote that many had probably been immersed in dreams moments before waking up from the first of the two sleeps, ‘thereby affording fresh visions to absorb before returning to unconsciousness. Unless distracted by noise, sickness, or some other discomfort, their mood was probably relaxed and their concentration complete’.” • #схватил_за_мозг - urbansheep@gmail.com