Comments on: What I Am Reading – January 8, 2009 http://www.superbrian.net/what-i-am-reading-january-8-2009 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:35:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brian http://www.superbrian.net/what-i-am-reading-january-8-2009/comment-page-1#comment-144 Brian Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:28:46 +0000 http://www.superbrian.net/2009/01/what-i-am-reading-january-8-2009/#comment-144 I have always enjoyed the different variations of Tetris. It always has a very soothing effect on me and now it makes sense why. I had never given much thought as to why but it makes complete sense. I have always enjoyed the different variations of Tetris. It always has a very soothing effect on me and now it makes sense why. I had never given much thought as to why but it makes complete sense.

]]> By: ChestertonianRambler http://www.superbrian.net/what-i-am-reading-january-8-2009/comment-page-1#comment-143 ChestertonianRambler Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:57:01 +0000 http://www.superbrian.net/2009/01/what-i-am-reading-january-8-2009/#comment-143 Although in reality, it makes sense. Traumatic experiences break down our sense of order in the world; simple activities such as Tetris, cleaning the house, doing a crossword, or putting together a puzzle, impose order on the world. I think it's perfectly healthy to deal with the former by apposing it with the latter. It reminds the brain that order can be made, and not to panic or shut down. Although in reality, it makes sense. Traumatic experiences break down our sense of order in the world; simple activities such as Tetris, cleaning the house, doing a crossword, or putting together a puzzle, impose order on the world. I think it’s perfectly healthy to deal with the former by apposing it with the latter. It reminds the brain that order can be made, and not to panic or shut down.

]]> By: ChestertonianRambler http://www.superbrian.net/what-i-am-reading-january-8-2009/comment-page-1#comment-142 ChestertonianRambler Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:49:16 +0000 http://www.superbrian.net/2009/01/what-i-am-reading-january-8-2009/#comment-142 The Name of the Wind, possibly the best fantasy book released since (at least) Robin McKinley's Sunshine, discusses (or perhaps invents) a traditional folk-psychological concept of the "Four Doors of the Brain" through which humans can flee to escape while they cope with seemingly unendurable pain. They are sleep, forgetting, madness and death. Apparently, the Fifth Door is Tetris. The Name of the Wind, possibly the best fantasy book released since (at least) Robin McKinley’s Sunshine, discusses (or perhaps invents) a traditional folk-psychological concept of the “Four Doors of the Brain” through which humans can flee to escape while they cope with seemingly unendurable pain. They are sleep, forgetting, madness and death.

Apparently, the Fifth Door is Tetris.

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