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A comment on Paul McCartney's Freakish Memory. Parent comment

Re:Paul McCartney's Freakish Memory by jiggawatts on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @07:08AM (#33078733)
I'm pretty sure I have aphantisia, but for a few rare moments I could visualise a complete image against a blank surface and even start tracing it. I could never hold on to this for more than a few seconds.

My suspicion is that this artist had the opposite -- the ability to maintain a detailed image in his mind's eye as he traced it.

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Re:Paul McCartney's Freakish Memory by badpun on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @08:46AM (#33079504)
> My suspicion is that this artist had the opposite -- the ability to maintain a detailed image in his mind's eye as he traced it.

Check out Kim Jung Gi. He's basically doing that in real time, with impossible speed, accuracy and level of detail. He's making a living via performing live shows of his skills.

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Re:Paul McCartney's Freakish Memory by jiggawatts on Thursday October 06, 2022 @08:17AM (#33107272)
> He's making a living

Not any longer, sadly..

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