Absurd Quote by Kilroy J. Oldster
““Practical affairs task the human brain throughout the day. At night, the mind takes a deserved hiatus to consider the impossible and the absurd. In the carnage of our nighttime sleep tussles, the colored liqueurs of the true, the possible, fantasy, and the mythic beliefs become intermixed. Eyelets of the commonsensical and the imaginative are incorporated, and a new realism emerges out of our distilled perception of the veridical derived from the phenomenal realm of sensory reality and the philosophic world of ideals contained in the noumenal realm. The resultant psychobiologic vision immerses us in bouts of intoxicating inspiration and artistic stimulation and leaves us rickety boned and weakened after enduring a dreaded hangover of perpetual doubt laced with vagueness and insecurity.””
About This Quote
Source Essay: The Night Mind, 2012
Daytime tasks occupy the rational mind; nighttime frees imagination, mixing reality with myth, producing vivid inspiration but also doubt.
In simple terms: Night lets imagination blend with reality, sparking ideas and uncertainty.
Key Takeaway
Embrace nocturnal creativity while managing its volatility.
Themes
creativity
dreams
mind
inspiration
uncertainty
Mood
mysterious
inspired
Type
philosophical
artistic
When to use this quote
- writing
- painting
- problem solving
- spiritual practice
Key Concepts
cognitive science
mythology
artistic process
Questions to Reflect On
- How do you capture nighttime insights?
- What practices ground you after creative overload?
A Different Perspective
The intense after‑effects can impair clarity and confidence.
