Friday, August 10, 2012

The Daily Challenge Day 10 - The Sleeping Hand

In 1921, HP Lovecraft and Elizabeth Berkeley (Winifred Jackson) published a story called The Crawling Chaos. One of the more striking elements which this story contains (and I won't spoil it for you with more details) is disembodied sensation.

There is another delicious meaning to this. There is a disembodied sensation when your limbs go to sleep...

This is something which can really muck with your head. Sit on your hand. Think whatever delicious thoughts you like as your fingers begin to tingle. When you reach a point where your hand is "asleep," then you will begin. Depending on your size and shape, this should take about 5-10 minutes. Do not sit on your hand for longer than 15 minutes.

Now try to make yourself come using the hand which is asleep. I won't describe the sensation, but you will understand why it is called "disembodied." It's both eerie and lovely.

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