The way I see it, it is like the bridge in Star trek. You have the man in charge, and then the rest of the room is divided into jobs. The Man in Charge sits in his thrown and stares down at all the workers, who bring to his attention the important things. Most of the time the screen is on showing current sensations etc...
These are the main sections of the Brain:
The librarian … little old man in the back… when you are trying to remember something… this guy is sent around on a mission, pulling out books and making sense of dates. Once n a while something will happen.. and he will quietly put that book away into a lost corner. He won't find it for you. He knows what's best. And sometimes you ask him to put books away but he keeps "accidentally" leaving them places they shouldn't be... the engineers and the dreamer trip over it and it is remembered more frequently then one would hope.
Motor skills- Guys in the front row. these cats are the engineers. They make sure things are working... when things are not working right they alert the captain... but sometimes they forget. In my brain they are often "shh" ed until shit really goes down and i am truly injured. But these days they are piping up a lot earlier.
The little girl…This kid has nothing to do with rationale. She does what she feels and tries to make unrealistic things happen... she often has temper tantrums when things don't go her way. Once a month she gets really cranky and runs around pressing buttons and playing with switches... This can look rediculous to the outside world.
Security… try to keep order, control or distract the little girl and maintain goals. … these guys are underpaid.
Night Shift… clean up crew… if you are still awake when these guys start their shift… things get a little messed up. They don’t really know what they are doing, most don’t even speak English and they see buzzers and signals and they kind of just… ignore it.. once n’ a while they are tempted to press buttons but it rarely comes out coherent.
Mathmeticians and rationalizers- constantly crunching numbers and trying to make sense of it all. Often called upon but rarely prepared to give a solid answer.
Socrates … the what if guy… questions the word “ cant” questions why. Wants to know what is up.
The dreamer… ( often gets along quite well with the what if guy.) This one keeps control of the screen savers, writes the stories… thrives off passionate, meaningful experience. Often ends up creating his own reality. Sometimes he can even convince the rest of the head that he knows what hes doing too… sometimes it happens. But not without a constant fueling of the fire. He listens to the little girl and tries to use her perspective where he can. This is often the reason the rest of the brain thinks his ideas are a load of crap.
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