one of those days

and if we don’t do it often enough, we lose our minds and maybe die. or at the very least, become really bad at being alive.

*Neil Gaiman’s “Make Good Art” speech transcript: https://www.uarts.edu/neil-gaiman-keynote-address-2012

reconstructing the box (usually) = eat a good food/breathe some fresh air/move the body/seek out positive interactions/get some rest

when Conscious Reasoning Brain doesn’t agree with the Sudden Conclusive Decision, complex, lengthy, confusing negotiations with the Beasties ensue.