If someone asked you to describe what outer space was like, you’d probably say dark, big with some scattered twinkles. For most of us it seems not much of the “space” in our brains reserved for imagining a richer version of the world beyond the earth’s atmosphere. The astronauts who’ve been there say the sounds are surprising and the scent is both indescribable and unforgettable.  Most of us indulge in some sort of fantasy life, how much of it is based on other past experiences and how much is truly creative?

NoseI believe the best way to have new experiences in reality is to have new experiences in your fantasy life. In your daydreaming, the question should not only be a choice between Morocco and DeLorean or Hawaii and speedboat, but also pin-ball gravity and ladybug feet versus black light sun and polar bear grass. By inventing new sensations within our fantasy scenarios, we’ll be able to discover the uncharted feelings and emotions that exist unrecognized in our lives. For example, the closest thing scientists have been able to come to reproduce something like the smell of space is a combo between melting metal and a hotdog. Have you ever imagined inhabiting a place with such a smell while experiencing zero gravity? Killin it is knowing that there’s an infinite number of experiences available if you just invent the map to find them.