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stream of consciousness



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Winter's metaphorical - often stream of consciousness - lyrics capture something tangible about a world where comfort, terror and societal decay co-exist.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026

It’s the breath marks of Emily Dickinson, the stream of consciousness of Virginia Woolf, the head-clogging maximalism of David Foster Wallace, the self-aggrandizing asides of Joel Stein.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

I didn’t know what was gonna happen — whatever it was, it was stream of consciousness.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2024

As she drove to work along Lake Washington Boulevard one day last summer, TEB took out her phone and started recording a stream of consciousness about dating, romance and self-love.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2023

It’s to illustrate, via a peek into my stream of consciousness, the habit of lingering over good writing wherever you find it and reflecting on what makes it good.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker