After years of insomnia, I stopped battling sleeplessness and started to explore the effects of darkness on my mind, wondering if it had gifts to offer.
This newfound perspective allowed me to embrace the stillness and vividness of my thoughts at night, fostering creativity instead of despair.
Writers like Katherine Mansfield and Virginia Woolf have long noted their altered states at night, viewing it as both a fearsome and creatively enriching time.
Mansfield described her sleepless nights as a 'consolation prize,' where her imagination flourished and her thoughts took on a vivid quality.
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