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ahimel · 11-16-2006, 10:12 PM

Mviara -

Remember, too, that you may just have a different method of percieving the world than most people. They use the term "visualize" because it's the strongest imaginative sense for most human beings. But I can't visualize worth a darn either.

I've learned that my hearing is much more important to me. How a place sounds is much more important than how it looks. Like all humans, I primarily use my sight for navigation, but I use my ears to learn more about things. So I've learned to turn "visualization" exercises into "audiolization" exercises.

In your example, I would hear the creaking of the door as I open it at the top of the stairs, and the echo of my footsteps off the walls. As I got closer to the bottom, I'd start to hear the whisper of wind and the chirping of birds and crickets. As I stepped off the last stair, I'd hear the rustle of grass beneath my foot. All of that would be internalized almost as well as reality. There would be visual images that go along with it, but they'd be kind of fuzzy. For example, the walls of my staircase are brown. But the hinge on the door at the top creaks starting at about middle C, and increases to the A above middle C as you continue to pull.

My roommate is clair-tactile. He can tell you where things are in the room with his eyes closed, but he doesn't recieve the input visually; he can't "see" your changes. But when you move the beanbag to the other side of the room, he can "feel" what's going on. For him, he'd feel the temperature drop as he goes down the staircase, and feel his muscles move as he walks through the garden. It's a matter of what you're best at.

I would experiment with other senses, and see if your visualization exercise resonate with you more in one of the others.

11-16-2006, 10:12 PM	#9 (permalink)
ahimel Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Boulder, Colorado Posts: 398	Mviara - Remember, too, that you may just have a different method of percieving the world than most people. They use the term "visualize" because it's the strongest imaginative sense for most human beings. But I can't visualize worth a darn either. I've learned that my hearing is much more important to me. How a place sounds is much more important than how it looks. Like all humans, I primarily use my sight for navigation, but I use my ears to learn more about things. So I've learned to turn "visualization" exercises into "audiolization" exercises. In your example, I would hear the creaking of the door as I open it at the top of the stairs, and the echo of my footsteps off the walls. As I got closer to the bottom, I'd start to hear the whisper of wind and the chirping of birds and crickets. As I stepped off the last stair, I'd hear the rustle of grass beneath my foot. All of that would be internalized almost as well as reality. There would be visual images that go along with it, but they'd be kind of fuzzy. For example, the walls of my staircase are brown. But the hinge on the door at the top creaks starting at about middle C, and increases to the A above middle C as you continue to pull. My roommate is clair-tactile. He can tell you where things are in the room with his eyes closed, but he doesn't recieve the input visually; he can't "see" your changes. But when you move the beanbag to the other side of the room, he can "feel" what's going on. For him, he'd feel the temperature drop as he goes down the staircase, and feel his muscles move as he walks through the garden. It's a matter of what you're best at. I would experiment with other senses, and see if your visualization exercise resonate with you more in one of the others.