Thunderstanding

The mind-body problem is probably best explored through poetry. I don't know what this means, but I know what it tries to mean.

The lightening of my mind makes me love,
A billion neurons fire serotonin,
Dopamine, electricity and sex-
Hormones to the sound of the feeling,
And all this creates a life worth living,

I think.

Author's Note

I've been writing about sex a lot lately. I guess I'm in heat.

Reviews

[Starfruitanimal]

another great one. yea the chemicals in our head are crazy things. i usually don't like short poems but this one didnt need to be much longer, it was short and sweet

[Mary]

hahaha! very cool write! If we thought about it- neurons-hormones-neurons-hormones. I wonder if we are talking chicken v egg here. yet, I do feel good, and have a life worth living...carry on mighty neurons! way to go serotonin...bring it on!
technically speaking, I think you did a great job putting this one together!

[Frieda P]

hahah, well, heat has made you clever, love the title.

[Pax]

:D ~ awesome... does in heat applicable in humans? well i guess it can for we are part of the animal kingdom right... great work!

[Epipsychologist]

I think we're all animals when we are allowed to be! Thanks for the review and the encouragement myfriend Pax

[Sacha Davison]

Aha, love the Author's Note!
A very good write, I must say! Was definitely worth reading!

[Epipsychologist]

Thanks for the review. Btw my authors note is upsettingly accurate, I'm findin

[Sacha Davison]

That's a rough scene! Quite a comical way of expressing it, though! :P

[Marie]

You seem to be reducing love to a chemical equation, which perhaps it is.

[Epipsychologist]

Right. For me the intriguing thing is that some chemical equation and electric pulsation should produce such a powerful emotion. In bio-psychology the mind body problem is the (perhaps unanswerable) question "how?" Dome psychologists think that only matter actuallt exists, others think that only the mental world exist. Some (like me) think we're just calling the same things by different names (e.g. Happiness/ endorphins release in the pleasure center). That's kind of what I mean when I say that I think things like poetry can be used to explore what these things really Mean in a gestaltist sense.

[Marie]

I don't write my poetry or fiction from an emotional stance, although I may gear it to set up an emotional reaction in thereader. I know what combination works. Perhaps it's all a matter of combinations.

[Epipsychologist]

Ah! I see what you did there! I know that I need to get better at recognizing and replicating such combinations, rather than just letting my creative juices get on everything, which can be awkward. I always like when the abstractions we face in life seem like allegories for how everything physically comes together, like six billion DNA double helices twisting together; or six billion characters trying to find their counterparts, or where they fit in; like letters in sentences, trying to be the most interesting book ever.

[Marie]

I'd suggest you not rein in your creative juices time will take care of that. Meanwhile you are exploring everything, questioning everything, dissecting everything, setting up challenges for me with your ideas.

[Epipsychologist]

That's the best kind of compliment. Thank you.