I know for me, when my legs are flying, my heart is pumping, the Madonna’s blaring, Casey’s cheering me on, and I think I’m not thinking at all…blammo. Idea town! Whether it’s a creative solution to an issue of family dynamics, clarity around a niggling decision I need to make, or an artistic breakthrough, the missing piece of the puzzle so often strikes like lightening in the middle of my ride. So what’s happening there?
My theory is that I’m so engaged with my body that the parts of my brain I usually put fences around are able to run free. What do you guys think?
i find the same thing happens to me when i play piano or organ - if i know the piece really well, or even if i pretend to and ad lib to see if i’m capable of pulling off a successful ad lib - i find my mind wandering. as the rest of my body is physically engaged in the music i’m playing (on piano it’s usually debussy, i’m perennially on a debussy kick, and on organ, bach of course), my mind is free to wander and think about whatever i usually set aside to think about: for when i let myself do so.
this to me is more beneficial than playing recitals, because it’s a chance to really experience the music that i’ve spent SO LONG learning, and use it for myself. spinning seems much the same, in that it’s an intensely physical task that after while becomes so natural you can turn off and let your body and brain work simultaneously…
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