i have a funny variant thats a combo of : 1)ideas have textures that denote elegance, bs, too complicated, wrong 2)when i understand a topic well enough (eg s

i have a funny variant thats a combo of : 1)ideas have textures that denote elegance, bs, too complicated, wrong 2)when i understand a topic well enough (eg some subset of math) and i'm not stressed, all i need to do is translate a problem into the way i visualize stuff, see if i can fill in the details of the shape, and then figure out how to translate that detailed shape into normal written proof notation. the (2) bit is tricky and while on one hand it lets me come up with some simple proofs/code, on the other hand it can to be too slow for the pacing needed to get several problem sets done at a reasonable pace edit: in fact, the idea -> texture bit is so strong that its essentially how I choose research at a certain level, though that requires sifting through enough ideas