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I can't visualize things when I'm thinking consciously about them. But I do lucid dream, and when I lucid dream, I can visualise things perfectly. When I'm de
by mhandley 3y ago
I can't visualize things when I'm thinking consciously about them. But I do lucid dream, and when I lucid dream, I can visualise things perfectly. When I'm designing complex robotic mechanisms, lying in bed half awake in the morning is by far the most productive I'll be. I have no problem designing 3D mechanisms in CAD, or painting, and I tend to think of myself as a very visual person, but if I close my eyes and try to visualise something when fully awake, it somehow escapes me. But even when awake, I can sort of see things in my subconscious - it's almost like they're in my peripheral vision. As soon as I concentrate on them, they disappear. The brain is a weird thing.
- tyjen 3y agoThis reminded me of a strategy that Thomas Edison and Salvador Dalí utilized to facilitate creativity. They would sit in a chair while holding a metal object and allow themselves to fall asleep. Imagination and creativity flourished during the cross over from wakefulness into sleep; then, when they'd fallen asleep, the metal object would fall from their hands onto the floor waking them up and recording any useful creativity.
- Semaphor 3y ago> But even when awake, I can sort of see things in my subconscious - it's almost like they're in my peripheral vision. As soon as I concentrate on them, they disappear. The brain is a weird thing. I describe this as having the memory of imagining something. But your descriptions rings just as true. When I try to concentrate and catch this memory/peripheral vision, it starts hurting my brain.