It was my best friend that really opened my eyes to the art of napping. I am still mesmerised by her ability to curl herself up (not unlike our feline friends) and have a nap just about anywhere. She is somewhat of a creative wonder, an excellent artist with boundless eccentric ideas and this weeks SARK theme has got me questioning whether or not that may be directly linked to her ability to nap. Though she will probably inform me that her reason for napping is a lack of hallucinogenics and so it's the next best thing.
I myself never used to be much of napper a few years ago, to be honest I wasn't much of a sleeper full stop. As my mental health varied through time, medication and therapy I soon found that my sleep habits when to an opposite extreme. I met my (now) fiancée at art college and she will contest to how frequently I took naps in that place. Case in point:
... Now if that isn't an image of creative napping - I don't know what is!
Napping at that stage in my life was more a question of necessity, now it is a luxury.
SARK: "After our tiny cups of juice, and a single cookie, we pulled out our sleeping mats and settled in for a good kindergarten nap. My job was to be the wake up fairy, and touch each napping child on the head with my magic wand. I'm doing the same thing today with my creative work. Of course, I myself, can barely wake up from naps".
Although SARK is making me question whether actually if they should be placed back into the "necessity" category ...
SARK: "Napping prepares the mind for fresh thoughts..."
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