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philosophy: saccades + light streaks = letters

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- hey don't make this weird, okay.
showers are good for having thoughts.
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+ :page: my weird stim: writing with light streaks
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+ :page: on responsibility & conformity
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+ :page: hedonic treadmill ([wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonic_treadmill))

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%% title = "my weird stim: writing with light streaks"
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- a long time ago my brain built up a [stim][] that it likes to perform when bored: I draw words with my eyes.
[stim]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stimming
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- what this means is, I [saccade][] my eyes in various directions while looking almost directly at a light source, to draw out words, which persist in my field of view for a short moment due to [persistence of vision][pov].
[saccade]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccade
[pov]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistence_of_vision
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- I don't exactly know when it started.
I remember being enamored by how the human eyes are built & how they behave ever since I was little, so naturally one day I discovered you could use persistence of vision to draw out shapes, and therefore also letters.
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- soon enough it became a regular thing.
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- I tend to do this whenever I'm bored, there's a clear, point light source, and there's nothing else to do.
(for example, when I'm waiting for a conversation to end.)
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- if you ever see my eyes jerking in weird ways IRL, now you know why.
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- most likely, I'm just writing out whatever word my brain has fixated on at the moment with light.
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- and most likely, that word is whatever you just said.
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- I've heard some people say it looks really creepy, and I believe them; unfortunately there's nothing I can really do about it.
my brain cannot stand being bored, and this is its default remedy.

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if you want to read any of the posts, follow the links.
it's like that by design.
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- ### [my weird stim: writing with light streaks][page:philosophy/light-streaks]
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- I had a conversation with a friend where I was saying how spacey I get sometimes, and this weird little stim of mine came up.
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- I wonder if anyone else has ever experienced something similar.
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- ### [animations & perception of sluggishness][page:design/animations]
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- ### [Radiohead - OK Computer][page:music/reviews/radiohead/ok-computer]