Is it a trick of the eye
Blue dots
Turning purple
Turning green
Turning red
Gone completely
And still I press
Oh how I press
I press the buzzer in my chest
I see them
Spreading outwards
All the dots are blue
All
Of
The
Dots
Are
Blue
And there’s so many
*blue dot theory. We all suffer to a degree, from the repercussions of blue dot theory. But as with all things, knowing our tendencies, knowing ourselves, helps immensely.
The flower below is a frosted little Billy Button wildflower and noticing these sorts of dots is an antidote to the blue ones.
Cold shock therapy also clears my head. I plunge into the ocean, diving deep beneath the waves and feel all of those blue dots, wash away.
Knowing, that my thoughts are not reality, but rather habit
Meditation
Running
Reframing
These things, help me see the blue dots for what they are, figments, spots on my filter. I take a tool, clean them off.
Very poignant as usual, I had to Google blue dot thoery to find out what it was.
i did not know there was a conceptual articulation for a pessimistic bias. thanks for writing about it. after i googled the definition i started to think about this concept of pessimistic bias. its been an illuminating process. i hope you and your family are enjoying the weekend so far! thanks again! Mike
Cold shock therapy. Still trying to work myself up to that. 🙂 Nice, Kate.
Thanks Lynn. I can’t stick to the shower for more than a few days but the ocean is a different story. I love it
Love this Kate.. the blue dot theory through the chakras to guide us home.. wonderful poem!💓
Thanks Cindy 💕
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Pleasure!🩷
I’m not familiar with blue dot theory; I see black smudges against pure whit backgrounds; concerned I went to an optician; he said, ‘They’re floaters, mate. Get over it’ !
Blue dot theory is longish to explain John, but fascinating nonetheless. I heard about it on Mark Mansons podcast the other day and thought it explained a lot about why I am always waiting for other shoe to hit the floor. Google should be able to give you some answers.
ok will have a look —
And let me know 😊
Whoops – I have my lines crossed – I thought we were still on your spider post 😊
no worries, Kate: I’m a little confused too 🙂
😬 I think I get it, but I will avoid consulting Google on account of my personal views on the Quantum Enigma. 😉 But I do love the poem and the photos! Always interesting, engaging and aesthetically pleasing! Thanks again, Kate! ❤️
Hi Camilla. – simply put it is a sort of learned pessimism. Scientist gave subjects lots of blue dots and told them to recognise the blue dots and then slowly reduced the amount of blue dots and replaced them with other colours that were similar over time. The subjects continued to find blue dots when in fact the dots they were seeing were actually say, purple. In the same way once something bad happens, we expect more bad rather than letting each experience be whatever it is. Sorry – that is a very simplified explanation.
Then I do get it! That’s fascinating and actually accords quite well with my view of the Quantum Enigma. 😉 Our perception IS our reality. If I change my perception, it follows, . . . .