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>unsymbolised thinking, a trickier concept to get your head around, but essentially a thought that doesn’t manifest as words or images, but is undoubtedly prese
by personlurking 7y ago
>unsymbolised thinking, a trickier concept to get your head around, but essentially a thought that doesn’t manifest as words or images, but is undoubtedly present in your mind.
I've always been good at producing mental white noise (or TV static), for lack of a better term. I wonder if it's actually unsymbolised thinking. When I'm not actively thinking, there's just a massive wall of static. In these moments, I'm not thinking of nothing but I'm also not thinking of something.
- hamster-wheel 7y agoI've noticed this effect after a really good movie or book. I can almost "feel" my brain thinking, ticking over and assembling meaning from what I've just seen (and can even sense "eureka!" moments), despite having no conscious awareness of the thoughts themselves (just TV static). It also seems to happen more with foreign films, perhaps as they require an extra layer of subconscious analysis to parse the message by separating it from its cultural shell.