Monday, June 18, 2012

La La Land?



If you don’t daydream and kind of plan things out in your imagination
you never get there. So you have to start someplace! ~ Robert Duvall

At the bank drive-through I place my check in the clear canister and wait to watch it rocket up and out of sight… then zip back down with green cash.

 I’m in no hurry. It’s a bright sunny day and I’ve nothing else to do but sit and kill time amongst the near-five-o’clock traffickers. 

My mind wanders off somewhere other than the bank where my Cherokee is parked…

Within minutes I hear a polite voice through a speaker. “Did you want to send this up to me?” I glance past the first row of cars and see the smiling teller leaning my way.

Oops, I’m thinking, facing her and saying, “Oh sorry, I’m in La La Land.”  And I push the magic button and watch my encased check zoom up up and away. Cash in hand, I drive off wondering, where was my mind?

Neil Gaiman says, “You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice what we’re doing.” Don’t we though?  

The castle-building habit, the day-dreaming habit – how it grows!
What a luxury it becomes; how we fly to its enchantments at every idle moment,
how we revel in them, steep our souls in them, intoxicate ourselves
with their beguiling fantasies – oh yes, and how soon and how easily our dream-life
and our material life become so intermingled and so fused together
that we can’t quite tell which is which anymore.  ~ Mark Twain

Early on you knew about that inner world, in fact you lived there half the time. It was quite possible to be in two places at once. You could transfer in a blink from your small classroom desk back to your mother’s womb. Could return to being alone in a pond with no other fish.  A safe warm place.

Even at six years old you intuited the necessity of solitude and its relevance to your call in life. However, there was no real solitude in the classroom unless you tuned out your actual surroundings - much like the autistic child manages to do.

And now it happens most anywhere, anytime.  Stoplights are good places to drift off while you’re sitting idle… Reading a boring book can send you downstream… walking, jogging…

And movies like The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy are good launch pads. No pun.

Years ago my brother and I attended a homecoming service at our old church and sat through the most longwinded sermon ever. Stomachs growling, grownups squirming like small children…

My mind sending a mental message, pleading, begging, like Moses to Pharaoh, let my people go.

When finally the preacher set us free my brother said to me, “Every so often I found my mind wandering back to the sermon.”  


What about you?  When are you most likely to drift off to La La Land? 




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  1. Ha--loved the end of the sermon story! I find my mind drifting off to lala land in the morning when I wake up. I like to lie in bed for awhile before getting up. It's a lazy time of stretching and thinking and not thinking. The other place is, sad to say, when I'm meditating! Then I'm very aware of all the places my mind visits!

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    1. Galen, this comment makes me feel happy ;-)
      First thing in the morning is when I drift off too and, oh, every time I practice centering prayer, guess where I go? Every time ;-)

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  2. I've never thought of how as a writer I might be predisposed to more daydreaming than the average person, but I believe this is so! I'm always thinking and try to write down my ideas and thoughts all the time. They are like little bubbling streams (from God) that I feel welling up inside me all the time. Thanks, Debra, for bringing to light this penchant for daydreaming. I probably would have missed it ... being in "La La Land," you know!

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    1. No Beth, never, ever miss the adventures in La La Land! You are predisposed to the place, being a writer and all. Writers need a getaway from the mundane once in awhile. It’s a nice place to visit, but I’m grateful I don’t live there all the time. I mean, where do you think we’d end up? Do you think your husband would be a little nervous while you were at church? Heee!

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  3. How fun! I've been spending time in La La Land myself. I drift off when I'm driving in my car. My mind has flown and I am on auto pilot. I also dream when I am vacuuming.
    I love your brothers comment about his mind wandering back to the sermon. What a great sense of humor.

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    1. Oh Donna, what if people could read our minds!
      Once my son-in-law walked into the kitchen while I was washing dishes and daydreaming up a storm; but the worst part is that I appeared to be talking to myself. Only God knows where we land while on auto pilot ;-)

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  4. "Early on you knew about that inner world, in fact you lived there half the time. It was quite possible to be in two places at once. You could transfer in a blink from your small classroom desk back to your mother’s womb. Could return to being alone in a pond with no other fish. A safe warm place."
    How well you know me, how well you describe me as a child, always and ever lost in the la-la-land of daydreams and imagination . . .
    Since I no longer drive with the radio on, I find this is the time when my mind wanders, yet I am simultaneously mindful of all around me. Wow! Such thoughts come when I'm completely aware and completely "lost". Who would have thought it? Such gifts we have from God!
    Tremendous post, Debra! Blessings to you always, my dear friend!

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    1. Martha, you lived there half the time too? A born writer, you are. God must have daydreamed us, then decided to create us for real! Maybe some folks daydream of God in church ;-)
      Speaking of writing, what’s the latest news on the book? I’ve been thinking about you and wondering.
      I’ve started a final draft of a memoir – hopefully it’s a final draft.

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  5. Hi, Debra! ~

    I wonder how you come up with topics like this to blog about -- you have an amazing, unique gift!

    Reading this brought me back to 5th grade when I went to this weird and wonderful 'experimental' school where, among other things, I was allowed to climb a tree and sit there reading a book (of my choice -- Nancy Drew or The Borrowers) for hours in the school yard by myself daydreaming in the afternoon -- it ruined me. Or, I mean, made my life worth living...

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    1. Linda, kettle!

      Now THAT’S the kind of school every artist dreams of attending. Wish I could hear more about that experimental school. It sounds a bit like an unschool, the kind we have over here on Lee Street. The one my kids attended – and one still does.

      I think that school helped you discover your artistic individuality like no other could’ve done. But I’ll bet it doesn’t still exist. Not enough conformity :-(

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    2. You know, Debra, it's funny...

      There was a lottery to see who in the community would attend that school -- my father was absolutely furious when I was chosen! It was one of the best things that ever happened to me and I smile and know that God exists and is watching over me ;-)

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    3. See? It was no accident that you were chosen! God has always had his eye on you.
      The arts are a reflection of God's creativity, an evidence that we are made in the image of God. Go girl!

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  6. One thing I have never lacked was an imagination. I have an amazing talent for tuning out the entire world as well. Why? Because I was an abused child with no real toys, just a bike for warm weather, a sled for cold weather, a Barbie, and my imagination in the middle of BFE.

    I zone out basically any time anymore. But, I do have triggers too that automatically zoom me off to a not galaxy far far away. Actually, it is somewhere in my head among my vivid imagination but, still it feels at times like it is far far away. I spend a lot of time there when I can but, am trying to learn not to shuttle off during discussions with my husband anymore. Although, in all fairness I think he does it too. lol

    At least you took a moment to visit La La Land while you were at the bank and not while driving. There is something to be said for drifting off when money is involved. lol

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    1. Jenn, did you have a Ken too? My Ken had an orange sports car! I wrote a story about his proposal to Barbie. Someday maybe I’ll find the courage to publish it. Maybe, maybe not.
      Oh, it’s easy to zone out with a non-conversationalist, when someone’s chatting nonstop and you can’t get a word in edgewise. Shhh, I know a trick. When your mind wanders off, just bring it back and listen to the last word of each sentence. That way you’ll have an inkling of what he was saying, but you won’t have to be all there every second. This I learned from a counselor! Can you imagine?

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  7. I'm trying hard to practice the spiritual discipline of mantram repetition which encourages one to repeat one's mantra during moments like waiting in line, being in traffic...any moment that doesn't require one's direct attention and focus. However, I do find myself slipping into daydreaming and philosophizing while taking showers! It's my favorite place to think and dream. :)

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    1. Jessica, do you have a blog link you could leave so I can swing by your place too? How is that mantrum repetition working for you? Is it like centering prayer? Here’s a post I wrote on it not long ago. All the benefits…
      http://debrasblogpureandsimple.blogspot.com/2012/01/silence-and-centering.html

      Oh yes, the shower is THE spot to daydream and philosophize. And it’s safer than the highway! It’s just you in the world of your imagination!

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  8. Nature is my favorite daydreaming place-a trail, the ocean, even the neighborhood. But it happens anywhere with repetitive action, like driving, waiting in line, washing dishes, doing laundry, and more.

    Sometimes, when I tune into the tiny details of what my children are explaining/sharing, I reach my own child-like state of wonder, which sparks all kinds of thoughts outside of the norm.

    And behind the lens I seem to time-travel, becoming minuscule, quiet, focused, receptive to wonder.

    I love the serious yet playful permission--the nudge--you've given us to drift.

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    1. Britton, my daughter calls our backyard an enchanted forest. That’s a good spot to sit and wander off for me. I can’t think of anything more conducive to imagination than a conversation with children. They can lead us off like Peter Pan to Never Never land in a nanosecond, can’t they? They still hear the bell, and teach us how to stay in touch with our sense of wonder.

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  9. I do a lot of daydreaming while I am driving. It is not uncommon for me to come out of a daydream and not remember where I am or where I am going. It is deliciously wonderful but maybe not the safest . . . good thing for angels on assignment to ME! I now try to listen to music and sing along instead . . . a little safer, don't you think.

    I don't write much really, but have always wanted to . . . although, much like my photography scavenger hunt, if given a prompt I can usually be off and running with not much difficulty. So many things interest me and call me to explore that I have not yet settled into the habit of setting aside time to just write (or daydream).

    I always enjoy your posts, Debra, so intriguing and thought-provoking.

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    1. Don’t you understand that angels BEG to be assigned to you, Andrea Dawn? They thrive on adventure! I stopped listening to music in the car. The radio bores me and I don’t have a player in the old jeep. Your photography is charming and if I could capture beauty with a camera, as you do, I’d just keep doing that. A friend of mine does a little writing along with her photography. Writing prompts work wonders for some. Whatever it takes, aye?

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  10. All the time, on the train to work, on my walks, during meetings, whenever my mind is down processing and even when it's not, I wander. I am sometimes aware I am wandering and often not at all. Yesterday during my three mile walk around the City during my lunch hour I was surprised to find myself back at the office - had not idea how I got there... but the story problem I was stuck on worked itself out. Go figure.

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    1. The train would be a great place. In season, I go ride the children’s train at the park, round and round we go with wind in our face, crossing the same canal over and over. I tell the children that the huge oak trunks are alligator snouts. That’s so funny Brenda… walking, then back at the office without knowing how you got there! Working out story problems do that ;-) xox

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  11. I lived inside of daydreams as a child and teenager, but as an adult (I think about the time I began meditating) I have spent very little time in any sort of La La Land.

    And yet when I do go there it's profound. Creativity is intense, ideas mix with productivity in ways they don't otherwise. I've thought of making it a habit to spend some time each day daydreaming, but I never have. Maybe I will now...

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    1. Does meditating produce creative ideas for you J.R.? You know, I do recall that when I was working on a novel some time ago, that silent, still mode produced some awesome fruit. Is that what you’re talking about? Instead of deliberately drifting downstream like Mark Twain on the raft (where he dreamed up Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn), you practice centering and see what emerges on its own? Wonder how it would work for memoir writing? Worth a try! Thanks!

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    2. I'm not sure it creates creative ideas, but it readies me to accept what creativity may come to me by other means :D

      Daydreaming really does, though.

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  12. I love La La Land. It is a place in space and time that exists beyond space and time. It can be created and re-created and accessed most time throughout the day.

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    1. Oh Ana, I have a feeling you go there, like me, as often as possible. Introverts have more time. Their lives aren’t as crowded with others’ drama ;-) BTW, I stopped by the Haitian Market! When did you paint that! Love the bold colors!

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  13. It's so ironic (or maybe not) that I'm reading a wonderful book right now that touches on the power of daydreaming. 'Imagine' by Jonah Lehrer is largely about the inner workings of creativity, and it's a fascinating read. Here's one tidbit related to your post: ' . . . people who consistently engage in daydreaming score significantly higher on measures of creativity.' No surprise really.

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    1. Deborah, there are a couple of books I need to check out: the one you just recommended, ‘Imagine,’ and a story collection called SHOES HAIR NAILS. I read a remarkable review just the other day by Barbara Barth. The title did conjure images of frivolousness and vanity in my mind, but upon learning more I’ve decided to add it to my must-reads.

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  14. Drift off to lala land? I think I live there some days :) As do all of my children! I can't stop smiling at your long sermon story. I certainly "wrote some great stories" in my head as a child in church! Glad God still captured my heart despite my short attention span :)

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    1. Alicia, I must confess that I not only wrote stories in my head as a child, but as an adult as well :-) If the sermon outran my attention span, forget it.You think that’s why they invented children’s church? At one of the churches they had a space on the back of bulletins for notes. I found that to be the perfect space for writing poetry.

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  15. As a creative person , day dreaming happens often as day dreams are nothing but a part of my creative process only !
    As I create art, photograph subjects, write...so I create my own imagination, imaginary lands and people...thereby creating an alternate reality.
    I wouldn't say I drift unconsciously, unlike many others...you can say it is conscious drifting on my part :-)
    love,
    Sanghamitra

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    1. Sanghamitra, creating an alternate reality is what keeps some people sane! I have several stories of adults with imaginary friends. Have you heard the empty chair story? If not, check it out.
      http://www.examiner.com/article/the-empty-chair-by-brennan-manning-a-story-about-prayer

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    2. Debra, thanks for replying. I just read the empty chair story. It touched my heart. It reminded me of the movie and the book "A Beautiful Mind". The protagonist John Nash[ mathematician genius] had two imaginary friends with whom he used to talk to.
      The human mind is a storehouse of mystery and magic.
      have a nice day !

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    3. I loved the movie, A Beautiful Mind! One of my favorites!

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  16. I was just there this morning and will be drifting there again before I sleep :P I know I was there when my niece starts laughing at me and says I've got a funny face ahahaha...

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    1. Melissa, your niece loves you! Do the two of you ever drift off together? Children bring so much to the table. But you didn’t tell me where you go and who you see in La La Land!

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  17. I teach High School art... re: the land of la la, I'm not sure who is the more guilty- my students or myself. Creative types are ever approaching an event horizon- A boundary in spacetime beyond which events cannot effect an outside observer... sometimes referred to as the point of no return.

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    1. Michael, don’t YOU have it made! I’ve often wondered how difficult it would be to teach art though. What if the students aren’t artistically inclined? What if they have no talent? But on the other hand, I’m sure you have students who are wired for it, and these must make your day.

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    2. It is Never boring.
      You can view their art at- http://trinityprepart.blogspot.com/

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    3. I enjoyed seeing through the eyes of your students. In this world of copycats, I see you have a few originals! Thanks for sharing!

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  18. this world lures me even if i am enjoying a company of so many people

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    1. MY NAME IS COLOURLESS RAINBOW.
      WHO IS...
      ONE IN ALL..SHADOW IN SUNSHINE
      PALE IN COLOURS...SICK IN FINE
      DARK IN LIGHT

      La La Land was created for people like us!
      It was created for the beautiful souls that no one understood.
      It was created for us and for our imaginary friends.
      It was created for those with invisible wings.

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  19. Debra, La la land is my favorite place. I can go there whenever I want to. My mind drifts to and revels in that secret world when traveling for hours. And the sky -- I don't know what it is with the sky -- when I look at it, it takes my mind to another galaxy. :-)

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    1. Oh yes, the sky, the sky! What is it about the sky that produces such vivid daydreams? It was the moon that took me away as a child. Fixated on the round globe, I traveled there in my imagination.

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  20. I am queen of La.. la.. land!! I find myself drifting off when I am bored or upset. To be honest I just go no where, where nothing is happening. But I've always called it La. La. Land.

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    1. Deb, you go to La La Land where nothing is happening, but where you MAKE things happen! Isn't that what this place is all about? Like Robert Duvall says, "You have to start somewhere."

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  21. I, for one, love lalaland. It's where I've thought of my next children's books, where I found the sanity to finish my PhD, and where I escape when this world becomes to serious and real. Lalaland is a perfect vacation. I like to go there often. :)

    Happy seeing beautiful!
    http://seeabeautifulworld.blogspot.com/

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    1. Lydia, when you go there again to find inspiration for your next children’s book, will you take me with you? I’d love to vacation at your special place!

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  22. http://memomuse.wordpress.com/2012/06/22/im-beautiful-or-so-they-say/ You have been nominated by memomuse for the Beautiful Blogger Award. You are beautiful, brilliant, wonderful, and strong. - memomuse :)

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    1. Meg, you know how to make a girl's day :-)
      Mu-ah and hugs to you! You really are beautiful you know. Crazy but beautiful! xox

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  23. Hi Debra:
    Have I got a book for you.
    Imagine:
    How Creativity Works by Jonah Lehrer

    Can't put the darn thing down. This post put the entire book into perspective. BTW:
    Neil Gaiman is one of my three or four favorite authors. I recommend find Imagine. Think you'll find much in common w/it.

    Be well, Debra!
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    Chris

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    1. Chris, now I know I need to read Imagine by Jonah Lehrer because you are only the 2nd person who dropped this title in the comments! It must be a must-read, aye? Neil Gaiman is an original too. Have a wonderful weekend!

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    2. Wow I didn't see the 1st comment about Imagine. Check out Daniel Pink's book A Whole New Mind:
      Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future as well. Both books discuss similar topics.
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      Chris

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    3. Chris, I'm familiar with Daniel Pink's book, and it's about time for right-brainers to rule! But when will the school system ever catch on???

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  24. I used to daydream a lot whilst I was driving but of course now I don't drive anywhere. But sitting up in my bed gazing out of the window at the trees waving and moving in the breeze or sitting in my conservatory watching the sunlight moving through the garden is a good substitute! And the sky.....always the beautiful endless colourful sky gazing at the heavens.
    Just put that book above 'Imagine..' by Lehrer in my wish list. Thanks to those of your other visitors who mentioned it. :)))
    Enjoy the weekend Debra.

    Hugs Jane

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    1. Jane, we are birds of a feather my friend because my favorite spot is in bed, gazing out the window at the trees waving to me too ;-) What better place in the world to daydream!
      I just heard the most adorable story over at Half Heard in the Stillness!

      Let’s compare notes after we finish reading Imagine, shall we? Hope your weekend brings sweet dreams both day and night!

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  25. We have been castle-building for the last two weeks, and within the next couple of days, we'll know if our castle is built on firm ground. What a wonderful post you have written here!

    Thanks for your comment on my Centus!!

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    1. Judie, oh… you built your castle on the ground? I thought they were built in the air. What is firm ground? “If you’ve built castles in the air, your work need not be lost. That is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.” ~ Henry David Thoreau

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  26. I know when and where I learned to use LaLa Land, but not where I am most likely . . . though while driving resonates with me in a very scarey way. Did you ever arrive at work and not remember driving there? I made it to retirement though!

    Here is the poem about the origins of my imaginative journeys: http://susanspoetry.blogspot.com/2012/06/arcadia-in-catskills.html

    Thank you for visiting my blog so that I found my way here!

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    1. Poets do that Susan. Get lost in the world of their imagination. After reading Arcadia in the Catskills, why doesn’t it surprise me that you wander off from the herd to search for fairies and lost ghosts hiding in reindeer-mossed hobbit homes? Oh how I enjoyed my journey to your inner world so filled with magic and wonder! Left a comment on that post that can’t begin to express my amazement ;-)

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    2. I am grateful that you took another journey to my blog to see my favorite work-in-progress. Grin.

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    3. A true pleasure! Just tweeted that delightful poem that speaks of childhood imagination - a theme that will never grow old ;-) May we always hunt fairies and lost ghosts!
      Cheers!

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  27. I finally landed here, Debra. La-la land is a place I go to quite often. I have tried to be more present in the moment and enjoy what's around me, but I've got an overactive imagination and it's always a struggle. Loved the sermon story - often I pray for another Moses in my Church too ;)

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    1. Corinne, as I sat on my back steps earlier today, listening to birdsongs and watching tall trees against the deep blue sky, I thought about heaven and earth, and how they seem to be wedded... but mostly they seem to be divorced. It is a struggle sometimes joining the two, isn’t it? Synergy, is that the word?

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  28. My mind wanders off to la la land mostly when I am in the bus on my way to or from work, when I'm not reading. It takes my mind of reality and the worries of the now. Mostly I dream of being someone else who is not me.

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    1. Being me, I see you riding the bus and imagining yourself in different shoes, in another place, maybe another time. I’ve thought about you lately and wondered how you’re doing. Think I’ll go check and see.
      <3 <3 <3 Sending you hearts and rainbows.

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  29. Oh dear Debra, this seems to happen to me quite a bit. When I'm involved in a solo task especially - cooking, cleaning, walking, and yes, sometimes when I'm reading a book. Sometimes it's just idle brain chatter or harping on worries, other times ideas are coming to me and it's best for me to have a notebook on hand to catch the little beauties while they're fresh.

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    1. It’s funny you should mention this Kristen. When you visit that daydream space you need to bring back souvenirs, don’t you? Have a notebook handy because you never know what gift will be presented from that other world! And don’t forget to record those dreams. I had a dandy the other night. I’m glad you record yours too; there have been some amazing gifts received from dream characters, yes?

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  30. "The only difference between writers and other people is we notice what we’re doing.” Don’t we though?" So true! What a thought provoking post. And, yes,I think that so many of us with the gift/curse of creativity have thin filters or minds prone to wander. I was speaking, the other day, to the woman who teaches a meditation class I attend. I said that many of the things they speak of in the Dharma talks, I've received via writing. Because meditation is all about noticing one's inner world. I also want to thank you for your kind words on my blog and your tweet of my "Where Have All The Young Men Gone" post. Funny how the encouragement of someone you've not really yet "met" can be so nice. Will be stopping by again. (Cool blog layout, btw.) I'm not getting my open ID/wordpress ID to work properly. This is Terri from Workin w/ What I've Got.

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    1. Terri, I discovered a jewel when I found your writing. It’s clear that you, unlike so many in the blogosphere, have an inner life. You can tell by the content that makes one pause and ponder.
      “Where Have All the Young Men Gone” set the wheels turning for me.

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  31. I'm usually off to my la la land when moving from one place to another. Seeing sights, observing people, finding new things on the road or discovering ones I never noticed before. I guess there's always a freshness whenever I come out of it. Enjoyed your writing and following you now. Hope you can drop by mine and tell me what you think.

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    1. Anne, speaking of new places, sightseeing, and observing people… I just hopped over to Writer’s Space and felt at home instantly. Thank you for inviting me to your writing house. Loved what I saw and heard there, and subscribed. Have a great weekend!

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  32. La La Land! Oh Debra, I love it! My mind floats away at the drop of a hat. Sometimes I'll get behind the wheel and BAM! I'm there! I'll have no real recollection of driving to my destination...which is a bit scary actually. But it seems there are two of me at work. One to do the driving and the other to do the daydreaming. I so enjoyed this post. It made me really stop and appreciate our imaginations. You're such a beautiful writer.

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    1. Leah, isn’t it interesting how nuanced we are, not necessarily scattered, but masters at bilocation! The car must be the vehicle in which our mind travels. Scary? What’s scary to me is when you’re going to the bank but end up in the Food Lion parking lot before you realize that that bank has already closed :-( That’s scary.

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  33. Well Debra, my mind failed to drift reading this. I get it! Oh how I get it. I wrote a poem called "Imagination Plague" a few years back regarding this subject (On my blog if you feel the focus to read another;). I very much enjoyed the share. Thanks!

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    1. Reno, I'll go check it out right now! Thanks!

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  34. SO TRUE!!! I love the pic, it is BEAUTIFUL!!! King Solomon said, "where there is no vision, the people parish." Our visions/dreams give us HOPE! I often feel like I live in two worlds at the same time, the one in my dreams is much better!!! hehe I love what your brother said at the end of the sermon... haha!

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    1. What is your first name? And where do you live? I’ve been over to your place once, and found it charming. And just now I peeked over there and saw a golden butterfly! So I’ll be over to your magical place when I’m done teaching today. But for now, what is your first name (because I recall another name besides Farfalla).

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  35. Hello.
    I think for me, I go to my La La Land once I get home and am free from the stresses of my job. During the day I am constantly moving...this wants doing, that person needs help, phone calls, customer complaints...the list goes on and on. It is only when I am at home, relaxed and settled in for the evening listening to my favorite Indian music, pen and paper at the ready for when poetic inspiration grabs a hold of my mind that I begin to wander.
    I enjoyed reading this post. Thanks for sharing.

    You Make My Eyes Beautiful

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    1. Andy, when you get home from work, that’s when you meet your muse for a romantic fling, yes? Otherwise you could never churn out such love poems ;-)

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  36. --I'm in La La Land quite often- I must admit. I find myself in the past when my days were filled w/ sunlight. Yes, this is where I find myself.

    Love your blog posts. They are overflowing w/ Depth.

    Xx

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    1. La La Land is the place to be! Sometimes I just want to live there all day long.

      Thank you for your words of encouragement.
      I tweeted your most recent post today.
      All those books where you can escape when you're not in La La Land!

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  37. I daydream quite a bit, every day. It's nice to know that it's good for something! Love this post! :-)

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    1. Remember the song, Daydreaming and I'm thinking of you... Who sang that?

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