It depends what I’m focusing on. I have words in my brain pretty much constantly unless I intentionally try to shut it up (This is why podcasts/music are nice for relaxing the brain). As for craft, the language of describing a scene is half the fun. Sometimes my background-brain “visualizing” is mainly spatial, like when I can’t understa…
It depends what I’m focusing on. I have words in my brain pretty much constantly unless I intentionally try to shut it up (This is why podcasts/music are nice for relaxing the brain). As for craft, the language of describing a scene is half the fun. Sometimes my background-brain “visualizing” is mainly spatial, like when I can’t understand the choreography of how characters move in someone else’s book. But I definitely can imagine scenarios sort of like movies if I want to. It’s not the same as watching a piece of media, because it depends which parts you’re imagining at the moment. I suppose I can go anywhere from 1-5, even different bits of the same mental scenario, according to what I’m actively thinking about.
Think of it like a chapter that’s partly just outlined, partly blank ??? idk think about it later, partly roughed out - and lastly, sprinkled with paragraphs here and there that are your vivid original inspiration and/or attentively cared-for gardens. The same goes for visuals and spatial awareness.
this is seriously really cool and interesting! I wonder, when they do more studies, if they will find more people like you and Suzanne Morronne who "see" a some images but not others.
What about for dance? When you're choreographing a new piece, do you see the movements clearly, or it that also more spatial?
Oh yes, it definitely varies for dance as well! I like to improv a lot, so the first response is usually embodied rather than visualized. If I’m not free to move, then I could imagine myself moving, which might feel just spatial or more fully visualized. Super inspiring music might have me mentally storyboarding a video, or imagining impressions of a theatrical production with group staging, costuming, lights etc!
It’s easy to assume everyone else is similarly variable and not easily categorized, which is why it’s so interesting to hear others talk about their experiences.
YES, this last part exactly! We never know how others see/think until we share. I love this so much. Thank YOU for sharing so much about how your creativity manifests itself.
It depends what I’m focusing on. I have words in my brain pretty much constantly unless I intentionally try to shut it up (This is why podcasts/music are nice for relaxing the brain). As for craft, the language of describing a scene is half the fun. Sometimes my background-brain “visualizing” is mainly spatial, like when I can’t understand the choreography of how characters move in someone else’s book. But I definitely can imagine scenarios sort of like movies if I want to. It’s not the same as watching a piece of media, because it depends which parts you’re imagining at the moment. I suppose I can go anywhere from 1-5, even different bits of the same mental scenario, according to what I’m actively thinking about.
Think of it like a chapter that’s partly just outlined, partly blank ??? idk think about it later, partly roughed out - and lastly, sprinkled with paragraphs here and there that are your vivid original inspiration and/or attentively cared-for gardens. The same goes for visuals and spatial awareness.
this is seriously really cool and interesting! I wonder, when they do more studies, if they will find more people like you and Suzanne Morronne who "see" a some images but not others.
What about for dance? When you're choreographing a new piece, do you see the movements clearly, or it that also more spatial?
Oh yes, it definitely varies for dance as well! I like to improv a lot, so the first response is usually embodied rather than visualized. If I’m not free to move, then I could imagine myself moving, which might feel just spatial or more fully visualized. Super inspiring music might have me mentally storyboarding a video, or imagining impressions of a theatrical production with group staging, costuming, lights etc!
It’s easy to assume everyone else is similarly variable and not easily categorized, which is why it’s so interesting to hear others talk about their experiences.
YES, this last part exactly! We never know how others see/think until we share. I love this so much. Thank YOU for sharing so much about how your creativity manifests itself.