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Aphantasia: Picture This? Some Just Can’t (2015)
- raxxorraxor 3y agoI am really not sure how we can even know if this condition really exists. I do paint from time to time and it often is humiliating how hard painting from memory actually is. If you painted a motive often enough, it is very easy, but I believe you access a different kind of memory than some composition of an imaginary scene. At some point you learn a technique how a shadow and shading of a certain surface looks and can add that to your memory or fantasy to generate a decent output. But if you just have an image in your head, it will be very difficult, even if you can "see" it very clearly. Although I would recommend seeking a doctor if you can literally see things you summon up in your head, like I often read in articles. Article is behind a paywall, so I just ranted against the headline instead.
- js2 3y agohttps://archive.ph/2015.11.09-191740/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/23/science/aphantasia-minds-eye-blind.html https://archive.ph/2015.11.09-191740/http://www.nytimes.com/...