Evidently not, because once Boone finds his cause in the unexplained death of a young Guatemalan immigrant who dies alone on a city bus, covered with infected dog bites, "he realizes that this is what he's been waiting for when he wakes in the night, his body tense, his mind racing: a mission".
On all four limbs, as your abdominal muscles tense, the mind relaxes and lets the center of all energy take force.
Your muscles are no longer tense, your mind is calm, and you feel relaxed.
Reframe the need statement in the present tense as mind operates in the present.
The battle scenes are sharp and shocking, but in the current climate there are downsides to reproducing automatic gunfire too realistically onstage, and during those brief, loud exchanges, I felt the audience tense, as minds wandered to recent news events and eyes to the exits.
Canedy finds herself talking about King "in the present tense" because "my mind has not yet recalibrated itself".
Your body is pumped with chemicals, your heart beats faster, your muscles tense and your mind becomes more focused.
Limbs and muscles and heart and mind tense as the fast, angry projectile rushes along its arc, a path you can almost picture in your mind's eye as you hold your breath and wonder where it will fall.
If your space is more ergonomically organized, your body will be less tense and your mind will follow.
Quick and uneasy breathing tenses up your mind and makes you feel stressed.
