So, apparently I have Aphantasia. I'm pretty much a 5.

[Nittersing]

I didn't know there was a term for this. And I suspect it had a lot to do with my learning style.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. I'm a 2. I tested it with old objects or photos I hadn't seen in years.

Or decades. The memoried images are still accurate, but they are different than the real item. Don't know what that says. Events long ago are more like Impressionism, even when not emotionally charged.

[Nittersing]

4. I've been playing around with watercolors since Covid

and I've discovered I really can't put anything on paper without a concrete reference.

Just looked at my coffee cup... closed my eyes and nope. No damn cup in my brain.

I was a terrible student, not for lack of trying, but now I'm thinking this visual stuff really hindered me. When I hit my thirties, I took some hands-on classes pertaining to the HVAC industry and holy cow!! So many things clicked.

The things ya learn...

[Dave Bowman]

2. I first heard about Aphantasia only a few days ago, the human mind is truly fascinating. 🙂

[SheltieLover]

3. Try this free Imagestreaming

https://winwenger.com/resources/cps-techniques/image-streaming/

It works very well for many people.

[Nittersing]

5. I read thru part of that and

I just don't see myself doing all that. Maybe if I was younger and had a stronger drive. But I appreciate the thought.

[SheltieLover]

10. Perhaps it will be useful to someone else then

[Ms. Toad]

17. Sorry, but that's like telling a blind person they can see, if they just work hard enough. n/t.

[Maninacan]

6. #1

I can also taste anything being mentioned.

[Nittersing]

7. Interesting

Is that a form of synesthesia? (Something I've been fascinated with every since I first read about it.)

[SheltieLover]

11. My gs was synesthesic when young

He could see words as colors & says that was how he knew if they were being truthful & how he determined whether people were trustworthy.

Fascinating stuff!

[alittlelark]

8. Same here

[NewHendoLib]

9. I am a 1 - I can do the same with music - play a symphony in my head, all instruments, in correct key and tempo

[SheltieLover]

12. Amazing!

[crud]

13. What ever I picture in my mind

I don't really see it as an image w my eyes, but I see it in my mind. Also the image evolves, I started with the apple and a worm came out of it, then it changed from red to green, then I cut it in half etc. Am I doing this right? lol

[Nittersing]

14. I'd say you're a solid 1.

I can't do any of that.

[Rebl2]

15. A 2

Minus the leaf

[Ms. Toad]

16. I am, as well.

I've known, since long before there was a name for it (back in the 60s).

I've been self-accommodating all my life - mostly work-arounds for memory.

Now that I'm in a BFA program, the work-arounds are more challenging. I'm having fun exploring this new area of study in which a functioning minds eye is explicitly expected.

(I do have an inner ear, a partial inner touch and taste, but smell no inner smell.)