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If you can not imagine, can not make a mental picture, you can not draw. It's called Aphantasia[1]. [1] https://www.facebook.com/notes/blake-ross/aphantasia-ho
by smusamashah 6y ago
If you can not imagine, can not make a mental picture, you can not draw. It's called Aphantasia[1].
[1] https://www.facebook.com/notes/blake-ross/aphantasia-how-it-feels-to-be-blind-in-your-mind/10156834777480504/ https://www.facebook.com/notes/blake-ross/aphantasia-how-it-...
- housecarpenter 6y agoIf you're drawing something you can see, I don't see why you would need visual imagination. Even if you're not drawing from something you can see, you can have a procedural memory of how to draw the thing, and you can see what you've already put on the page, and experiment if necessary using an eraser. I don't have complete aphantasia, but my visual imagination is pretty weak, and I can still draw.
- smusamashah 6y agoI didn't mean to say you have aphantasia, sorry. I was just trying to give an FYI. The story I linked was an eye opener the way he explained how it works in his head was amazing.