This is great. I've seen a lot of articles lately about aphantasia but haven't delved into them. Now I wonder how common it is, and how many others like you now have the language to describe the way their minds work, which is wonderful! ❤️
I think my mind uses a visual language, daydreaming vivid spaces and scenarios. Yet there's a logic and interconnectedness to it all, somehow. Probably the best way I could describe it is a lot like the way Ralphie's imagination works in "A Christmas Story"--my mind acts out these imagined dramas alongside people I know (or characters I've made up) with immersive, over-the-top flair. It's probably why I related to that movie so much growing up (and still do!). 🤣✨
Josh, thank you for sharing your own experience with imagination. It's wild that I believed for so long it was actually possible to create an image in one's mind. I also question whether this is one of my stumbling blocks with art. I've long given up on "imagining" what I want to draw for example, but I've finally accepted my workaround, which is finding a picture similar to what I want to draw and use that as my less-than mental image. Unpopular option for me is describing what I'd like to draw to an AI. In fact, this is one of the uses of AI I appreciate most, i.e., allowing it to become my mind's eye, I reckon. Yikes, not sure that all make sense, but you get me. :-)
Yes, I get you! 😁 And if there's one thing I've learned from watching lots and lots of art videos on YouTube, it's that working from a reference is NOT cheating, and anyone who says otherwise is wrong. 🤣✨
This is great. I've seen a lot of articles lately about aphantasia but haven't delved into them. Now I wonder how common it is, and how many others like you now have the language to describe the way their minds work, which is wonderful! ❤️
I think my mind uses a visual language, daydreaming vivid spaces and scenarios. Yet there's a logic and interconnectedness to it all, somehow. Probably the best way I could describe it is a lot like the way Ralphie's imagination works in "A Christmas Story"--my mind acts out these imagined dramas alongside people I know (or characters I've made up) with immersive, over-the-top flair. It's probably why I related to that movie so much growing up (and still do!). 🤣✨
Josh, thank you for sharing your own experience with imagination. It's wild that I believed for so long it was actually possible to create an image in one's mind. I also question whether this is one of my stumbling blocks with art. I've long given up on "imagining" what I want to draw for example, but I've finally accepted my workaround, which is finding a picture similar to what I want to draw and use that as my less-than mental image. Unpopular option for me is describing what I'd like to draw to an AI. In fact, this is one of the uses of AI I appreciate most, i.e., allowing it to become my mind's eye, I reckon. Yikes, not sure that all make sense, but you get me. :-)
Yes, I get you! 😁 And if there's one thing I've learned from watching lots and lots of art videos on YouTube, it's that working from a reference is NOT cheating, and anyone who says otherwise is wrong. 🤣✨