I whole heartedly agree with you about rewriting the definition of imagination. It's not surprising at all most of our definitions revolve around "mental-mind." Just as we've used Newtonian physics to define our world, we've used mind in an attempt to create certainty of thought. Certainty give us a false illusion of safety, if we are doing it Right vs Wrong Good vs Bad then we are okay. There's no creativity or imagination in that space though. We're moving into an era where old structures, processes, definitions, and restrictions are breaking down and being reformed in new ways. I think this "trait" you call aphantasia is your cosmic magic. To create from the darkness is to create from pure possibility. Once that becomes an image in the mind, we are bound by limitations to get that image onto the canvas and if it doesn't match we somehow feel we've failed. So I'm curious Sarah if you defined for you and only you, what is imagination to you? It feels like your description about how energy moves through you.
The simple answer is to disconnect the word visualize from the definition.
From a personal perspective, imagination is a letting go of the constraints of linear reality and allowing in the unknown so it can be known. It is pure energy and connections that light up like the synapses throughout our bodies. It's both my internal sonar and gifts from the ether.
I whole heartedly agree with you about rewriting the definition of imagination. It's not surprising at all most of our definitions revolve around "mental-mind." Just as we've used Newtonian physics to define our world, we've used mind in an attempt to create certainty of thought. Certainty give us a false illusion of safety, if we are doing it Right vs Wrong Good vs Bad then we are okay. There's no creativity or imagination in that space though. We're moving into an era where old structures, processes, definitions, and restrictions are breaking down and being reformed in new ways. I think this "trait" you call aphantasia is your cosmic magic. To create from the darkness is to create from pure possibility. Once that becomes an image in the mind, we are bound by limitations to get that image onto the canvas and if it doesn't match we somehow feel we've failed. So I'm curious Sarah if you defined for you and only you, what is imagination to you? It feels like your description about how energy moves through you.
The simple answer is to disconnect the word visualize from the definition.
From a personal perspective, imagination is a letting go of the constraints of linear reality and allowing in the unknown so it can be known. It is pure energy and connections that light up like the synapses throughout our bodies. It's both my internal sonar and gifts from the ether.