I experienced a far less conscious and intentional version of noticing reflexively throughout my childhood. Specifically, I became very highly attuned to the act of stepping on cracks in pavings in response to the schoolyard rhyme “Don’t step on the crack or you’ll break your Momma’s back.” I never labored under the delusion that there was some mystical force which would cause gross harm to my mother if I did (or didn’t) step on a crack—it was more of a game. A game which lasted from early in elementary school through puberty. I have other gamified (if immature) examples of passive noticing—the game) comes to mind. (Apologies if anyone still cares about the game, by the way).
Now, these parallels are shallow in that I wasn’t meta-noticing as Brienne was. But it does lend a concept I’ll find useful in applying the principles of noticing and meta-noticing: namely, the act of gamification. I question, however, whether gamification lends itself to moving the intention from conscious searching to subconscious noticing.
I experienced a far less conscious and intentional version of noticing reflexively throughout my childhood. Specifically, I became very highly attuned to the act of stepping on cracks in pavings in response to the schoolyard rhyme “Don’t step on the crack or you’ll break your Momma’s back.” I never labored under the delusion that there was some mystical force which would cause gross harm to my mother if I did (or didn’t) step on a crack—it was more of a game. A game which lasted from early in elementary school through puberty. I have other gamified (if immature) examples of passive noticing—the game) comes to mind. (Apologies if anyone still cares about the game, by the way). Now, these parallels are shallow in that I wasn’t meta-noticing as Brienne was. But it does lend a concept I’ll find useful in applying the principles of noticing and meta-noticing: namely, the act of gamification. I question, however, whether gamification lends itself to moving the intention from conscious searching to subconscious noticing.