Types of Perception Distortion

Currently listening to:
Young Adult Friction
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

1. The Fun House: Described by a friend. In the broad scape of seeing all things, certain things will stand out depending on the state of the person. You look at a desk and see what is pertinent to you at the time. In different states of self you will notice what you normally pass over. The smallest details will be the most interesting.

2. The Pop-up Book: Similar to the Gallery, everything appears flat, but there are layers. Shakespeare wrote, "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." The world appears to be a set and if you remain a part of the audience it would be no different than the Gallery except for the curiosity as to what exactly is behind each two-dimensional piece. As an actor, the set can be explored; each new location is another page turned in the Pop-up Book.

3. The Natural Way: Patterns of the ground reveal paths that would not normally stand out in such a way. Strips of dead grass surrounded by green, lines of gold leaves just fallen from a tree, ruts. Patterns in nature which someone once noticed and permanently replicated with concrete and metals. These are the paths less taken or subconsciously taken.

4. Forest Patterns: I have only experienced this in places of thick vegetation or trees; this is a branch off the Natural Way. Some aspects are seen at any time: a line around tree trunks, like belts that connect into one long line at a distance, for example. This differs from the Natural Way because the paths are not necessarily always present; the paths are presented by the forest, or so it seems, as if it is guiding each person towards something it wants them to see. The paths I see often lead to clearings centered on something.

5. The Gallery: Sitting back, the world before you appears flat and slightly fuzzy. What you see is almost like a giant painting, remaining the same in all directions. It is almost as if you and those around you are in a gallery, totally removed, looking at various pieces, commenting on them.