Descent
1. an act of moving downwards, dropping, or falling.
“the plane had gone into a steep descent”
2. the origin or background of a person in terms of family or nationality.
“the settlers were of Cornish descent“
While we were thinking about the word descent it was clear it could be interpreted in many different ways and as a stimulus it could send you in many different directions. Some of the words that stood out to me were: drilling, dream state, slipping into unconsciousness, hooliganism and tunnels. I like the idea of the descent of the mind or spiraling out of and losing control.