> That image will likely be the image of recently used cup or something you cherished deeply. I ended up imagining a comically ornate, little, blue, fine-china

> That image will likely be the image of recently used cup or something you cherished deeply. I ended up imagining a comically ornate, little, blue, fine-china teacup. It's not one I've used recently. In fact, I can't remember ever using such a thing! But the image arose effortlessly so I must have seen it at some point, no? Maybe in a videogame or at a friend's house? I don't know; the same thing happens when I attempt this exercise with the words "tree" or "car" or "pencil". It's almost like I'm imagining my own, personal platonic ideals. On the other hand, when I think of a duck, it's a mallard rather than a call duck, and I definitely see more mallard than call ducks in my day-to-day life.