Ryan J. Shaw
@rjs
When I read LOTR as a kid, I couldn't stand the scene descriptions that ran for multiple pages. Drove me mad, didn't understand what it was there for. Many years later I discovered I have aphantasia, no wonder I hated it.
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stellabelle 🔪
@stellabelle
i was just watching a video about a woman who also has aphantasia! You’re unable to visualize a scene right? I have the opposite i think: i have visual hallucinations ever since age 18
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Ryan J. Shaw
@rjs
I don't see detailed images in my head, at best I get a blurry flash. But I can still visualize in a different way... I "know" what's supposed to be in the scene, and relationship of objects to other objects. Kinda like this, except I don't see it, I sense it...
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stellabelle 🔪
@stellabelle
our brains are so weird
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Ryan J. Shaw
@rjs
It helps me understand very complicated concepts and more importantly I can sense gaps or inaccuracies that others might not. Sometimes those sensed gaps actually hurt. I make mistakes too, but generally while other people talk my brain builds up a model and checks stuff lines up. Makes me a good s/w dev, pays bills!
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stellabelle 🔪
@stellabelle
amazing! For me, my brain has to constantly learn new things or else i go mad. This helped me when i was a science/tech writer and honestly crypto changes constantly so that’s the main reason im here, have been for 8 years…
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Ryan J. Shaw
@rjs
That's pretty cool, never heard of that perspective before 33 $degen
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stellabelle 🔪
@stellabelle
i’m fairly sure i have some mental impairment especially ADD, as i have trouble finishing tasks….. my large-scale scifi art and writing project, Gigatura (i already minted 451 artworks), i started it over a year ago and its just all sitting there, i don’t know how to complete it, launch it, etc.
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Ryan J. Shaw
@rjs
It's pretty common, I struggle too. The first 25% of project work is exciting and new. Then comes the boring stuff, and I lose interest. Consider listing what steps you'd have to take. If unsure, study something close to what you've set out to do? Then figure out which steps are critical and power through them 👊
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