Sue GraftonI write letters to my right brain all the time. They're just little notes. And right brain, who likes to get little notes from me, will often come through within a day or two.
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Although we think of ourselves as having a unified conscious mind, there are actually two parts to the mind, a rational left brain and a creative, imaginative right brain. The right brain is also known as our emotional or creative side. This is where the majority of our feelings and emotions originate. When we write a letter to ourselves in the right brain, we can get an inkling of how we feel.
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