How would you remember to draw a bike if not from visual memory?
Sorry, missed your question before. When drawing I tend to think on paper, putting lines together until they look right somehow based on having seen countless bikes. Muscle memory is also a factor as I naturally have decent eye-to-hand coordination.
― Kim Kimberly, Thursday, 14 December 2023 08:32 (four months ago) link
That kind of visual recognition seems almost universal e.g. most everyone can tell this is not what the painting should look like, even though all the abstract features are in the right place:
https://external-preview.redd.it/mZCQ0F88md36qFaP5F8FcFblS0YJCGrLhzdTx15TXsY.jpg?auto=webp&s=9d348f9e790ca20d66ae738d74eecb8262acff42
and the idea of orientation (e.g. spaces / buildings / rooms) being somewhat distinct from visual thinking gets me wondering if a good portion of people who claim to be visual thinkers are conflating these visual-adjacent aspects with being able to conjure bona fide fully-formed pixel-perfect images in their heads.
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 14 December 2023 19:28 (four months ago) link
Following my post just above:
Article on aphantasia at the Guardian today
For instance, visualizers might imagine their work before they begin. “Aphantasics, myself included, tend to have a general ‘sense’ or idea of what they want to create,” Ebeyer said. Ebeyer begins working, then edits and refines until he is satisfied. He often hears from other artists with aphantasia when they’re in the process of making art: I know it when I see it. This teaches us that imagination extends beyond mental imagery.Zeman has written that people with aphantasia may have more of an interest in the visual arts, because their minds are devoid of it.
Zeman has written that people with aphantasia may have more of an interest in the visual arts, because their minds are devoid of it.
― Kim Kimberly, Monday, 26 February 2024 15:23 (two months ago) link
A new BBC News article on aphantasia and hyperphantasia
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Sunday, 31 March 2024 11:01 (one month ago) link
Aphantasia sounds like a bad ‘00s R&B album title
― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 31 March 2024 13:00 (one month ago) link
aphantasia, hyperphantasia, elephantasia
― gene besserit (ledge), Sunday, 31 March 2024 15:31 (one month ago) link