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This is a really interesting discussion...I especially liked Jackie's question about day-dreaming. Is it associated with the I-function? I'm not sure since day-dreaming often occurs unconsciously, kind of like driving or any other activity that our brains are accustomed to carrying out without our conscious effort. (which i realize now is exactly what Caitlin was driving at!) To take it a step further then, it is interesting to consider that although day-dreaming is an unconscious process, it involves the daydreamer in a very active way. We imagine ourselves in different circumstances and so on some level, we must be participating in the creation of these daydreams. I wonder if it is similar to what we talked about in class-an example of something the I-function is involved with, but does not actually control. What is the i-function good for?!

Another interesting tidbit from class has to do with the conception of reality. It seems like we were getting to the conclusion that reality is dependent on the perciever of that particular reality-if what we "see" is an amalgamation of constructions of the mind, then perhaps there is no definitive reality. And if that is the case, then what is this thing we call reality? Is it all an illusion? That then makes me think about "mind-body" medicine, and the belief that things like pain are a product of the mind and so can be overcome. If each individual percieves a different reality, then is there no qualitative thing such as pain, or emotion? That seems unlikely since we all understand the experience of both, although it is often difficult to describe to other people...