“Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different.” DifferentFormLyingConsciousnessSpecialTypeNormalConsciousWake UpScreensRationalWaking Book:Writings, 1902-1910 Source: Writings, 1902-1910
“Racism has been for everyone like a horrible, tragic car crash, and we've all been heavily sedated from it. If we don't come into consciousness of this tragedy, there's going to be a violent awakening we don't want. The question is, can we wake up?” IfsWantHas BeensConsciousnessCarRacismTragedyWake UpAwakeningViolentHorribleTragicCrashCar Crash Author:Anna Deavere Smith
“I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours. I tried to find out what sort of allergy I had but finally came to the conclusion that it must be an allergy to consciousness.” SometimesUsedHoursConsciousnessFiveComedyConsciousWake UpConclusionAllergiesSneezing Author:James Thurber
“Do you wake up as I do, having forgotten what it is that hurts or where, until you move? There is a second of consciousness that is clean again. A second that is you, without memory or experience, the animal warm and waking into a brand new world. There is the sun dissolving the dark, and light as clear as music, filling the room where you sleep and the other rooms behind your eyes.” WorldLightEyeMovingHurtMemoriesDarkSleepAnimalRoomsBehindsConsciousnessSunClearWake UpCleanForgottenWarmBrandsWakingNew WorldFillingBrand NewDissolving Author:Jeanette Winterson