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Subject: Re: Visualizing
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On Fri, 06 Sep 2024 07:53:46 -0700, john larkin wrote:

> I was driving and listening to the local mostly-annoying NPR radio
> station, but they had an interesting interview with a book author. It
> was about his novel or some poetry or something.
> 
> What was interesting was his recalling a conversation that he'd had with
> his wife. She was takling about a plant or something and asked him to
> visualize it. He was astounded that she, or anyone, could close their
> eyes and *see* something they were thinking about.
> 
> I was shocked to learn that there are people who can't form a mental
> visual image.
> 
> Close your eyes and consider a nice white ceramic dinner plate with a
> beautiful deep red apple sitting in the center. Can you see it? From the
> side and from the top? Do you see the stem? The colors? Imagine it
> slowly rotating? See the fruit fly?
> 
> If the world is divided between people who can visualise and people who
> can't, that could explain a great deal.

There's no fruit fly on my plate. I can see everything else but the fruit 
fly.