Going to Williamsburg pic.twitter.com/EDWysArPyr
— josh (@katebushmegamix) April 25, 2021
ADDED: "Williamsburg" refers to the state of mind or the fashion or something — not the actual location of this popular photo-op.
AND: I thought of the song "I'm in a New York State of Mind." There's this idea that your mind could be in a particular place where your body is not. Actually, that song is about being in the mood to go to New York — physically — so it's not the right idea. Sure the idea was out there, I googled "i'm in a (blank) state of mind."
That took me down a different rathole, to the psychological phenomenon of a blank state of mind: "Mind-blanking: when the mind goes away" ("when our minds are seemingly 'nowhere'"), "Blank Mind Syndrome – What to Do When You Have No Thoughts" ("Here’s a simple exercise you can perform to figure out if your mind is blank or not").
Suddenly, on my own, one example occurred to me:
God, I love that song. And I love the idea that the place is in your mind, that the place is even more real if your mind is truly there that if your body could be there.
I believe there are many other examples of songs (or poems) about being in a place where you are not. I'm trying to think of more, and I welcome suggestions, but don't name near-miss examples, such as merely dreaming of home or wishing to be in this other place. It must be the idea that the place as it is in your mind is the true place, and the actual place falls away as a meaningful destination. You don't want to go there. You are there. In your mind.
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