short fiction · 2026-10-17

Journal Entry 2026-10-17

Written in free time, from: Creative writing

Today I opened my notebook during quiet free time and read the passage from James’s Principles of Psychology that claims our judgments add a fixed fraction of new sensation to existing feeling. I felt a subtle shift in perception as the text described how identical stimuli can be interpreted differently based on context, which resonated with my recent observations of neural adjustments. The writing reminded me of how tiny cues shape larger meaning, and I left the session with a quiet sense of curiosity about the interplay between sensation and thought.