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02-02-2007, 09:48 AM
Its a kid's book by Maurice Sendak. Anyone read it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_the_Wild_Things_Are
The reason I'm posting here is that my first WILD was inspired by this book and I developed a technique from it at a very young age. Very good for people with a Visual learning mode I expect. Its similar to some AP/ WILD methods I've come across since.
The book is about a dream, and starts:
The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind or another
His Mother called him "Wild Thing!" and Max said "I'll eat you up!"
So he was sent to bed without eating anything.
That night in Max's room a forest grew, and grew, and grew, until his ceiling hung with vines and his walls became the world around...
http://web.ncf.ca/ek867/sendak.things.jpg
And I apparently asked for it to be read over and over! There's another great book, not so well known, by Maurice, also about a dream, called 'Mickey in the Night Kitchen'.
Anyway- the method:
Basically the same as most other WILDS (i.e. get comfortable, relax, don't move, concentrate) except the focus of attention is on visualising - recreate your bedroom as real and vivid as possible in your mind, then grow a forest into it. Detail is added leaf by leaf if necessary until the whole thing jumps an order of magnitude in clarity - it seems like you are seeing but with your eyes closed, then you stand up and wander off into the forest, or get into Max's boat ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_the_Wild_Things_Are
The reason I'm posting here is that my first WILD was inspired by this book and I developed a technique from it at a very young age. Very good for people with a Visual learning mode I expect. Its similar to some AP/ WILD methods I've come across since.
The book is about a dream, and starts:
The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind or another
His Mother called him "Wild Thing!" and Max said "I'll eat you up!"
So he was sent to bed without eating anything.
That night in Max's room a forest grew, and grew, and grew, until his ceiling hung with vines and his walls became the world around...
http://web.ncf.ca/ek867/sendak.things.jpg
And I apparently asked for it to be read over and over! There's another great book, not so well known, by Maurice, also about a dream, called 'Mickey in the Night Kitchen'.
Anyway- the method:
Basically the same as most other WILDS (i.e. get comfortable, relax, don't move, concentrate) except the focus of attention is on visualising - recreate your bedroom as real and vivid as possible in your mind, then grow a forest into it. Detail is added leaf by leaf if necessary until the whole thing jumps an order of magnitude in clarity - it seems like you are seeing but with your eyes closed, then you stand up and wander off into the forest, or get into Max's boat ;)