washing brains & The Gone Thing

tiny ritual & poetry review, on each full moon

welcome. hello.

I’m so glad you’re here with me. My friend told me a probably false but still useful story about the origins of “brainwashing.” According to this particular performance artist and interfaith minister, a group of monks practiced “washing” their brains through chanting and meditation, as a way to cleanse the mind of its fluctuations of thou…