Editing Automatic writing (section)

==Pop culture and media==

Automatic writing is touted by medium [[Bonnie Page]] in a ''Sentinel and Enterprise'' article as a method of accessing [[claircognizance]] abilities.<ref name="Page"/>

Automatic writing is featured prominently in a 1961 episode of ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'', ''The Case of the Meddling Medium'', and is also depicted in the 1980 film ''[[The Changeling (film)|The Changeling]]'' and the 1999 film ''[[The Sixth Sense]]''.

Portions of [[Van Morrison]]'s album ''[[Astral Weeks]]'' supposedly are inspired by dreams, reveries, and automatic writing.<ref name="Van"/>

Czech director [[Jan Švankmajer]] claims he concocted the screenplay for his hybrid film ''Insect (Hmyz)'' in a fit of automatic writing.<ref name="Jan"/>

[[William S. Burroughs]] has described his book ''[[Naked Lunch]]'' as "automatic writing gone horribly wrong" and believed he found his subconscious taken over by a hostile entity.<ref name="William"/><ref name="Wills"/>

In an interview in ''GQ'', [[David Byrne]] indicated an interest in automatic writing due to the influence of [[Brian Eno]].<ref name="Alex"/>