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Automatic writing bypasses conscious thought entirely

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Surrealists used to sit with pens and let their hands write wildly without looking, claiming to channel pure subconscious flow. Most of the time, the resulting text was just illegible scribbles masking as profound psychological breakthroughs.

Automatic writing bypasses conscious thought entirely
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