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I work with a range of people who do and don't possess the ability to visualise and have to change how I work with them accordingly. (To learn more about this f
by quitit 3y ago
I work with a range of people who do and don't possess the ability to visualise and have to change how I work with them accordingly. (To learn more about this field, look into Aphantasia.)
For example if I say: "it's the same as this (while holding up a production sample), but in blue plastic" I have one person who I work with who will need to see a picture of it to understand that, while others are simply "yep ok", and some people a bit in between.
For me personally, I can visualise an object, change it, rotate it, recolour/reskin parts of it, interact with it etc. all in my mind without any special effort. In terms of my work this means I tend to do it anywhere and not in front of my tools or software.
This kind of visualisation isn't limited to images, a composer friend can "play" and "hear" music, doing nothing more than reading the sheet music and moving his hands on a table - no where near a piano. He can practice while laying on a beach for example.
Also as a trend: I notice people who lack the ability to visualise are more easily fooled by edited imagery. Especially the recent-ish trend of making a body slender or larger by use of "facetune"/"liquify" style tools.
I make it a matter of importance to understand how a person "learns" very quickly as I notice this has a definite effect on their ability to work and follow direction.
- imkehno 3y agoAs a someone who can visualize a lot of things and enjoys cooking and fine-dining - I’ve also noticed that I can visualize the look, taste and smell of the end result from the raw components. So, when given a set of ingredients I start by visualizing the different combinations, picking out one and then refining it whilst cooking. And the same applies the other way around, when blind-tasting some sauces or foods. I get a mental imagery of the components from the taste, not 100% obviously but usually it’s pretty accurate.