Tuesday, October 21 - Deja Vu

Déjà vu is a French word that literally translates to "already seen."  It is the phenomenon of having the strong sensation that an event or experience currently being experienced has been experienced in the past, whether it has actually happened or not. Scientific approaches reject the explanation of déjà vu as "precognition" or "prophecy," but rather explain it as an anomaly of memory, which creates a distinct impression that an experience is "being recalled."  This explanation is supported by the fact that the sense of "recollection" at the time is strong in most cases, but that the circumstances of the "previous" experience (when, where, and how the earlier experience occurred) are uncertain or believed to be impossible. 

Have you ever experienced déjà vu?  

Think about the sensation of deja vu.  How does it make you feel?  Incorporate those feelings into the story prompt below.