> If I tell you to imagine a beach, you can picture the golden sand and turquoise waves.
Yes, with great detail.
> If I ask for a red triangle, your mind gets to drawing.
Yup (and it's spinning for some reason!)
> And mom’s face? Of course.
Not at all!
I've always been intrigued about this. I have a very rich "mind's eye", but always struggle with drawing faces in my mind.
My experience with imagining faces: I get the overall head shape, hair... everything, but the features are blurry, wobbly, and kind of switch nonstop, like my imagined faces were made of constantly changing cutouts of a multitude of faces. It's disorienting.
I (think I) don't have any trouble recognizing people's faces. Sometimes I even remember strangers who I come across occasionally on my city... But I still struggle remembering/imagining the most familiar people around me.
Am I alone in this?
Yes, with great detail.
> If I ask for a red triangle, your mind gets to drawing.
Yup (and it's spinning for some reason!)
> And mom’s face? Of course.
Not at all!
I've always been intrigued about this. I have a very rich "mind's eye", but always struggle with drawing faces in my mind.
My experience with imagining faces: I get the overall head shape, hair... everything, but the features are blurry, wobbly, and kind of switch nonstop, like my imagined faces were made of constantly changing cutouts of a multitude of faces. It's disorienting.
I (think I) don't have any trouble recognizing people's faces. Sometimes I even remember strangers who I come across occasionally on my city... But I still struggle remembering/imagining the most familiar people around me.
Am I alone in this?