Comments on: Mind Flips

By: Fran Tanner

Fran Tanner — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:39:11 +0000

My best ‘mind flips’ always happen when I’m taking a shower. I can’t tell you how many eureka moments I’ve had there. I think that it has something to do with being enclosed in a small box unable to leave (until I’m done washing anyway).Trapped with a mindless task to complete, my mind often wonders. Often I’m not even consciously thinking about a problem I’m just there and a random thought appears in my head that may solve a problem, or lead to something creative. It’s such a great feeling when the puzzle pieces come together. If you ever needed a reason to shower (besides the very important one of staying clean) there it is.

By: Martha

Martha — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 01:49:48 +0000

I know exactly what this feels like (although I feel it far too infrequently). I have to admit that one of my reactions to these moments is to “look away.” When I have a serious flip/breakthrough moment, sometimes the power of what my mind is thinking through is almost painful to consider.

By: Chris Lott

Chris Lott — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:05:03 +0000

“Mind flips” sound very similar to the wonderful (and all-too-rare) moments writing a poem when one finds the word or line or phrase that is unexpected but somehow fits just right. It’s a bolt out of the blue, pure honey of inspiration. I might get lucky and experience it one time in twenty…