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Jul 09, 2013 18:46

for a while, every time i looked into the sky, there was something there. i'd look into what i expected to be the expanse, and there would come into focus a plane, a bird, an antenna. right there where i looked ( Read more... )

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zorphblat July 10 2013, 15:38:25 UTC
isn't it weird that if you lay down and look up, it's SO MUCH MORE than just looking up while you're standing or sitting?

my parents live in this great area, where it's mostly farmland and orange groves, so the trees are mostly low to the ground, and there are no tall buildings. where we were living before, there were trees everywhere, you could only see a little patch of sky in the back yard. also, at my parent's house, there is this driveway, and it's on a hill, it's concrete and almost always warm, and it's one of the best places to lay and look at the sky. i feel like roofs are probably a lot like that driveway.

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quiet_seeds July 11 2013, 05:50:04 UTC
that driveway you posted a picture of? that looks like such an awesome driveway.

kids i have worked with often lay on the floor in the classroom. one kid is particularly difficult to get vertical. i lay down on a bench while i was on my break the other day, and i was amazed by how altered my sense of my body was when lying flat, looking up. i totally understood why he does it. my body felt all together, rather then fragmented like it is while upright. my foot is touching the floor here with this much pressure, my right elbow is pressing the desk this way, my back is hunched over a little crooked, my neck is tilted. i am not sure exactly where i am in space. so much unreliable proprioceptive input. but when you're flat on your back, you're whole.

i just lay down on my terribly dirty kitchen floor to come up with the right words for this. :)

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zorphblat July 11 2013, 14:29:45 UTC
this is interesting! is the kid you mentioned autistic?

i often experience sensory overload, but I never really do anything about it other than complain or yell or cry, but i could see how if you're sensitive to things (or not), laying down would make taking in all of the information, OR blocking it out, a lot easier.

it is the driveway i posted a picture of, yes. it's really nice to be back there.

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quiet_seeds July 24 2013, 00:40:11 UTC
yes, he is autistic.

i experience sensory overload a lot too. i wish i could just lie down on the floor at any time.

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