Quiet

How is it that the brain can switch off the noise around it and allow us to focus?

It's puzzling that we can be both creative and focused while in the middle of the noisiest surroundings and let our mind wander away when we're in total silence. The noise around us seem to force the brain to work no matter what. That activity, and the fact that we need to fight it to do a task, enhances our thinking. 

Though if the noise is too loud, it could destroy it completely. 

Interestingly, it's the change that allows us to focus. 

After a period in silence working away we switch off and seek to rest. By moving to a coffee place, we somehow recharge and can take the task at hand one step further. 

I don't know how it works and wonder if I need to. It works. That's what matters.