The Sensation of Drifting and Potential
Just a few moments ago I was lying in bed with Jenn sleeping next to me, and I momentarily experienced the sensation that I was lying in an enormous space, that the bed extended outward in all directions, and that the sky was above me and open. Jenn was still there asleep with me, but nothing else was around us. It almost felt like we were upside down and weightlessly suspended from from an infinitely high ceiling.
Since arriving at MIT last August I’ve experienced this feeling a number of times, especially in the past few months. It’s a sensation I wish I could somehow capture and convey, but that is only really so wondrous because it is so fleeting and personal. I think it is a feeling of drifting, but also of potential.