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Author: pyratebeard <root@pyratebeard.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 17:42:02 +0100
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Learning this about myself has given me a much better understanding of why I appear to struggle with some aspects of visual creativity compared to others. Take drawing for example. I like to draw and try to create characters or draw things from memory, but I always do much better when copying a picture or using a reference image. Artists I know also use reference images, but so many of them seem to be able to sketch really well from memory. I always put it down to talent or practice (which there is of course) but now I know some artist can visualise a reference image in their head, basically cheating (sarcasm).
-The same goes for photography. As those that follow along know I have been learning more about [photography] in the last year. It always frustrated me when attempting to compose desired photos in my head. Learning that a lot of top photographers can literally build a realistic photo in their head then go about recreating it in real life helps to explain so much.
+The same goes for photography. As those that follow along know I have been learning more about [photography] in the last year. It always frustrated me when attempting to compose desired photos in my head. I knew what I wanted an image to look like, where objects would be placed or how I wanted the lighting, yet when I came physically compose the photo I would struggle to match what was in my head. Learning that a lot of top photographers can literally build a realistic photo in their head then go about recreating it in real life helps to explain so much.
This isn't an excuse for me to not be making award winning art. Knowing about and understanding my own aphantasia has made me more forgiving of my supposed shortcomings and is giving me a new foundation on which to build better or alternative techniques.
Since this discovery only a few days ago I have already found articles and information from artists and photographers who have aphantasia, detailing the various different approaches they make to producing better content. This will hopefully give me the tools to improve my own creativity process.
-Along with being "mind blind" I also learned that I have _silent mind_ or _sound-free imagination_ and what I can tell my aphantasia encompasses my other senses as well. This is being called multisensory aphantasia. This means that I cannot hear voices or sounds in my head. I don't think there is a direct link between the visual and the
+In my research I have also learned that along with being "mind blind" I have _silent mind_ or _sound-free imagination_ and from what I can tell my aphantasia encompasses my other senses as well. This is termed multisensory aphantasia. This means that I cannot hear voices or sounds in my head, or recall smells, touch, or taste. When I am "talking to myself" I don't hear a voice or any sound, I just know what I am saying. I can recall conversations and songs, knowing what people or music sounds like, but cannot actually hear anything. I don't think there is a direct link between the visual aphantasia and the other senses, having full multisensory aphantasia looks to be extremely rare.
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+helped me to understand how my brain works...
[quiz]: https://aphantasia.com/study/vviq/
[paper]: https://www.pure.ed.ac.uk/ws/files/21561082/Sala_etal_C_2015_Lives_without_imagery.pdf
