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Yup. "Do you think in English or in Russian?" -- "huh?.. neither". I can force myself to think "in words". However, most of the time it is something that could
by mike_ivanov 7y ago
Yup. "Do you think in English or in Russian?" -- "huh?.. neither". I can force myself to think "in words". However, most of the time it is something that could be described as colors being kind of physically stretched into shapes or even complete pictures. Converting those in words is a laborious process.
- ozim 7y agoUnlike for author I am fascinated by it, because as I remember my whole life I am thinking in words. Maybe because I was reading since quite young age. I can imagine pictures as well, like people who have songs in their minds, I can imagine Rihanna singing "Umbrela" while imagining pictures from music video. I can imagine a lot of concrete things or songs but I cannot draw those or make such music. Only thing I can imagine and create is what I write. But thinking in abstract shapes that is something I imagine I would get after taking some psyhodelic drugs, where sounds, and words would become shapes. Is there something you grew up you could point to the way you are thinking maybe?
- mike_ivanov 7y agoMy earliest memories stretch before I started talking (which I figured out quite late). I remember certain feelings, colors, sounds, smells even after all those years -- even though I had no words for describing them back then. I believe this is how animals see the world.