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Complex one - if someone asked me about the windows in my house as per the video I can visualise them one by one in my head with a pretty fuzzy perception of each image wise like a fading dream. Visualising a beach at first pretty much nothing but after a couple of minutes I start to fill in the blanks and again have an "image" of a beach kind of like a fading dream not like looking at a photograph.
 
I have a visual memory. I can see things vividly in my mind without looking at them, even with my eyes open.

I couldn't imagine (heh) life not having that ability. I wouldn't function.
 
Yup, see the whole thing, even hear the waves.

When you look at a street full of parked cars, do you turn the picture into words? I do, the OH doesn't, all he gets is the picture.
 
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Kreeeee said:
This might explain why I find reading books so dull. When something is described I just get a list of facts about the place. Do others see a real image of the place/object being built up as the description continues?
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Yes, as long as it's a half decently written book I end up with a little film playing in my mind.
 
Wow. I can imagine a beach quite easily. I wouldn't say my imagination is fantastic, but I could certainly visualise a 3D object, rotate it, have some of it move around and see how stuff reacts to other stuff.

I read a lot and I tend to end up in a state where I'm not so much reading the words as I am picturing exactly what's going on as I read it. I'm not saying I'd see a whole scene and see stuff in the distance etc, but I'd have a good idea of what each character looked like etc.
 
dirtychinchilla said:
I read a lot and I tend to end up in a state where I'm not so much reading the words as I am picturing exactly what's going on as I read it. I'm not saying I'd see a whole scene and see stuff in the distance etc, but I'd have a good idea of what each character looked like etc.
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I would definitely say imagination is improved the more you read as far as picturing characters and setting goes. My genre of choice is high/epic fantasy and i find it far more natural to visualise the books i read now than when i first started reading heavily.
 
I cant do it either. It's why i find books boring and cant draw for toffee, especially animals/people/faces etc. When i think about something, i remember features about it,but i cant visualise it like that. The only time i do manage to visualise anything is if i realise i'm half asleep and starting to dream. Doesnt happen often though.
 
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