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LA-LA Land

There is a world, inside your head, in which you experience a visual dream. Some people refer to it as “La-La Land”, but most simply call the act “daydreaming”. For quite a while, daydreaming has been seen as an excuse to think of other, more appealing things, during class time. What is not known by many, though, is that daydreaming is the mind’s default state. Scientists have mentioned that daydreaming is also an essential part of the mind. Imagine what your teacher would say when you told her that by daydreaming, you were simply thinking in the most normal way that you could. You could even mention that daydreaming was the brain pondering important issues, however relevant they were.

Diving into your La-La Land, or daydreaming, is a crucial part of the creative process. How, I ask you, would you get inspired if you were thinking logically non-stop? Let’s face it. You can’t come up with an award-winning art piece thinking about 2+2=4. You need those wacky, out-there dreams, to think of new ideas.

William Shakespeare didn’t come up with his popular plays by thinking about gravity. No, he used the daydreaming, default part of his brain to become inspired. Do you think Van Gough was doing algebra when he painted his masterpieces? No, he was probably being creative. Being in an art school, daydreaming is a very important part of our everyday lives. We just wouldn’t be ourselves without it. In fact, no one would be the same with their own La-La Land. So the next time a teacher jerks you out of a daydream, chastising you for not paying attention, simply say, “I was only thinking normally!” and see what they say.