Posted by IsoM on January 9, 2002, at 1:10:56
In reply to Re: Magnetic goldfish, Wind chimes, therapy? » IsoM, posted by Mitch on January 9, 2002, at 0:05:46
Well, Mitch, maybe there's money to be made here? :)
Trouble is, I'm terrible at marketing & economics. I want to just give everything away for free. Think we could sell butterflies tied to little flexible leashes so people could tie some up near their flowers & watch them?
About movement, I don't think it's just people either. Many animals don't really notice something unless it's moving. Even birds are far more attracted to a puddle or birdbath if there's water dripping from above so the water forms little ripples for them to notice.
Interesting about the summer depression. I experience a bit of a dip but always attributed it to the extreme heat (for me that's temperature's in the 80sF). I think I'll seriously try to incorporate a lot more movement in my life & see.
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> I have been thinking about this "movement" thing for a while now. I was trying to find a connection between the environment (other than heat or sunlight) and my seasonal depressions. I thought about this a few months ago and then "dropped" the idea. Well...the idea was that in winter it gets real dark (that makes sense), and in the summer (when I get my 2nd major depression), NOTHING MOVES. It is hot, stifling, and I have thought for many years this is the HORSE LATITUDES. --even before I made this seasonal depressive connection. Now the HORSE LATITUDES was where the Spanish got caught in the trade winds (16th C?) near the Equator and "lost their sail" right?? Imagine, oppressively HOT, HUMID, days on end on the sea, with NO WIND, NO MOVEMENT. I hear they tossed horses overboard to lighten the ships-hoping they would move into areas of the ocean that would have wind to pick them back up. I think the Doors made a song about it-I can't remember what it is like. But that is a good description.
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> Maybe fun things that create a lot of visual/auditory movement would be therapeutic for summertime seasonal depressions as light boxes would be for wintertime ones??
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> Mitch
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