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It varies. Hydro usually has a small brain stem, but outdoor has a thick hearty brain stem close to the center. Oh! You meant BRAIN stem. My apologies. Who knows? :) Jeff On 5/23/03 10:53, "Geoff Smith" <geoff.smith15@btopenworld.com> wrote: > Just out of curiousity where is the brain stem? > I have never heard this term before. > Geoff > on 23/5/03 3:09 pm, Richard Zvonar at zvonar@zvonar.com wrote: > >> At 12:16 PM +0200 5/23/03, Stuart Wyatt wrote: >>> I would be very interested to share my ideas about pot and music, >>> and would be very interested to hear other people's experiences on >>> the subject. >> >> Speaking only for my personal experience with marijuana and music, I >> found that getting moderately stoned would facilitate a certain state >> of awareness that was useful for composing. I found it easy to "relax >> into" a focus on the sound of the music and the act of playing, and I >> found that in some ways my creativity seemed to be enhanced. I >> wouldn't say that "pot makes you more creative," but that relaxation >> and focus certainly do. >> >> Before I ever got into playing while stoned I made a regular practice >> of listening while stoned. In these situations the effects were even >> more pronounced and included an increase in visualization of the >> music. Without the necessity of performing I could relax more deeply >> and place more of my awareness on following the details of the sound >> and in "mapping" the sounds to an internal visual "score." >> >> I did not find that getting stoned and playing with other people was >> such a great success. Unfortunately, I am one of those for whom >> marijuana (particularly certain "heavier" varieties such as >> Columbian) leads to self-consciousness even unto paranoia. I also >> believe that getting stoned can foster an inflated sense of >> significance, so that one's creations seem at the time to be more >> brilliant than they do in retrospect. This could spell trouble in a >> performance situation, and in my bands we always made it a rule not >> to smoke until after the gig. The same thing went for drinking >> alcohol, though we were more relaxed about that. >> >> I've also noticed some interesting effects while playing while stoned >> on LSD, though I did that only once. I felt that my awareness >> extended into other parts of my nervous system, beyond the cerebral >> cortex. In particular, while playing, I felt conscious of activity in >> my brain stem. I practiced Harrison's "Here Comes the Sun" while in >> this state and was impressed by how well this psychedelic rehearsal >> "took" and showed lasting results. >> >> Interestingly, my guitar teacher would also stress the importance of >> focusing awareness on the brain stem while practicing - he told me >> this about a year after my LSD experience, and without my telling him >> about it. > >