# Watzl Chapter 10 and 11 **Opening (not a real abstract):** The Dynamics of Attention and the Flowing Stream 1 From Attentional Flow to the Flow of Consciousness It is natural to speak of a “stream of consciousness.” Consciousness—like attention— flows. It is ever changing and dynamic. What is the relationship between the flow of attention and the flow of consciousness? In other words, what is the relationship between the dynamic character of attention and the dynamic character of conscious experience? Many changes in experience, of course, consist in changes in what is experienced. They are changes in how the world appears to the subject. But the phenomenal character of our experience often also changes even though what we experience appears stable and unchanging. A change in phenomenal character may consist simply in a change of attention. Now your attention is focused on this spot on the **Authors:** [[Phenomenal Salience]]