I’ve not tried using two colours before for audiovisual entrainment. Thought about it, read Dave’s notes on it, but hesitated. Chicken! Yes, I claim pock pock pock status. Until today.
Did my usual SMR/Beta this morning, but instead of one colour, I used two: red and magenta. Because it’s been a hell of a week.
I’m rundown from this week. I planned to write an article on Monday for Psychology Today then get into world building the rest of the week for my trilogy. Book One is my NaNoWriMo novel for this November.
Nothing went to plan. I drafted “What Is Forgiveness?” on the weekend, polished it on Monday, submitted it. Rejected. First reaction of a writer to an editor is: ARGH! Next reaction is, huh? And oh, well, that part makes sense. But that part doesn’t. I can’t eject the premise of my piece!
Daily I worked on it, trying to both respond to written feedback and read between the lines as to what was really objectionable to them. Wednesday they published it. By then I was toast. Literally sick with fatigue.
No energy. No mental reserves for creativity.
Plus as pointed out to me today, my speech for my Uncle’s funeral was hanging over my head, staying my hand every time I tried to click on “New Project” in CampfireWriting to get my world building started. The subconscious is a powerful force. I sent it off to my mother.
So anyway,the dual colours were red for left visual field to energize right brain and magenta for right visual field to stimulate creativity in left brain (hope I got that right). My brain at first went, uh, what the fuck you doing?! Dizzy it made me. Then it went, ooohhh, this rather nice. I was calmer, which is normal, and vision sharper, which usually happens unless I’m super tired.
I didn’t notice much difference… Mind you, I got stuff done that was long past due. And understood something I hadn’t when explained to me in August. And I was able to choose a Netflix show to watch while I rested unlike the dithering I’ve been doing last few days.
