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[turps]

I've been having an interesting discussion over email lately, which led to a question I wanted to ask other people.

At night, or when I'm in the car or even just sitting when it's quiet, I tend to tell myself stories in my head. Nothing I'd ever write down, just things/people I like and think about. I do that with words and occasional images. So it's like a book with illustrations as opposed to say, watching a movie.

My question is. When you think, do you do so in words, pictures or some other way? Or maybe you don't do the story thing at all and think I'm a big old weirdo. In which case, feel free to smile and back away.

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[carta.livejournal.com]

Words. Words words words. I don't really visualize things, not in the sense of having pictures in my head. When I read, all the voices sound like mine. All the description an author puts in (paragraphs and paragraphs!) translates in my head to "there's a table with a chair, and some kind of dog underneath. Right. Moving on." I tend to knit things in the same color scheme that the designer did for the pattern, because I can't imagine what the sweater would look like in any other color.

It sounds limiting, but it really isn't. My "imaginary stories" tend to be deeply involved mental conversations, and they're often quite interesting. :D

[turps33.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's limiting, more a different way to approach things, one that's interesting to think about. I'd imagine deeply involved mental conversations are very satisfying.