Since learning about it I have been trying to gain the skill. Attempting to create a cube or circle in my head and such. When I imagine things, it’s more like a list of details, not pictures. Sort of jealous of visualization, but I have above average memory due to qualifying everything. We are weird apes.

I realized I was aphantasic just like the woman in the article. I always thought the minds eye was just an expression and I was shocked to find out people can actually SEE stuff if they want. I can draw but it takes a lot of trial and error and I use lots of references.

Same with the ‘getting better ideas in person’ bit. He means he can’t take credit for others’ work if everything is documented.

He reminds me so much of what the Tibetan Dalai Lama is supposed to be. A person put on the planet to love the rest of us. Just love us, with all of our problems and confusing emotions and dangerous tendancies. Thanks for posting this. He is to me, what a ray of sunlight is to a cat.