How to See Bright, Vivid Images in Your Mind’s Eye

Re:How to See Bright, Vivid Images in Your Mind’s Eye by TuringTest on Sunday October 01, 2023 @09:53AM (#37725963)

That's likely something that anyone with a 'mind eye' can do.

I wonder if that's something that can be trained, just like 'fixing' aphantasia can be trained [1]:

- Sit in front of a table, with a large vase of flowers on it.

- Remove the vase and put it behind you.

- Looking at the now empty table, try to remember the look of the vase on it.

This is how it 'feels' being able to put imagined objects into your FOV. You don't get to actually see it, but you can imagine what it's like to do it.

[1] https://photographyinsider.info/image-streaming-for-photogra...

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Re:How to See Bright, Vivid Images in Your Mind’s Eye by Shadowmist on Sunday October 01, 2023 @03:37PM (#37729718)

I can’t focus on the table because I’m trying to figure out how these flowers are floating in mid air above the table.

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Re:How to See Bright, Vivid Images in Your Mind’s Eye by TuringTest on Sunday October 01, 2023 @05:20PM (#37730929)

Did you hear the joke about the programmer found dead in the shower? The shampoo bottle had instructions:

1 - Wash

2 - Rinse

3 - Repeat

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Re:How to See Bright, Vivid Images in Your Mind’s Eye by LoganDark on Sunday October 01, 2023 @09:03PM (#37732776)

Well, I have a mind's eye. I've gotten quite deep into it before for dissociative reasons. But it just doesn't seem to work very well for me at any other time. Whenever I try to imagine something like that I get frustrated that I can't really "see" it well.

Yes, I can imagine everything about what it would be like to see it. But I cannot actually see it.

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