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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
poll: the first two sentences of impro begin "As I grew up, everything started getting grey and dull. I could still remember the amazing intensity of the world I'd lived in as a child" - does this describe an experience you remember?
  • yes
    43.7%
  • no
    56.3%
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Elena Polozova
@relic_radiation
I stayed about same vividness till late high school, then lost it through a series of acute traumas and NOW IT’S KINDA BACK 😍 it’s cool to have conscious memories of before - during - after, they’re wildly different qualia
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Elena Polozova
@relic_radiation
I would love to, I’ve planted the seed 🌿 it’ll take a bit to write out, stay tuned. I can list the events that narrowed my sensory bandwidth tho: moving from my childhood land & friends to college, losing my best friend and deepest attachment figure, each of my first 5 breakups
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Elena Polozova
@relic_radiation
oh and also a near-death experience and an abusive relationship, but honestly those are more ‘societally recognized’ as being acute traumas, so if anything they feel less relevant, bc they’re less isolating
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