Okay Ran Into Aphantasia Again And Well Whoops

Okay ran into aphantasia again and well whoops

I may or may not have not realized that visualization is literal and people actually see things in their heads

I do not.

Neither does my mother, or her mother for that matter.

It's weird. I come up with things but yeah no I close my eyes and imagine something I ain't seeing jack piddly squat. No wonder that I, imaginative youngling I am, have insomnia I'm basically just talking to myself all night long. When I imagine something, or try to remember something, I have the idea and knowledge of it and not much else. No mental hallucinations for me!

I have a knowledge of the images I want to make but after realizing this I finally understood why I can't draw any character consistently without a reference. It's because the idea I have of them in my head is descriptive and abstract, it's like using an AI and only giving it words to depict something. I don't remember images, either. Photos are important.

As a writer, I gravitate to more dialogue heavy storytelling, though I'm not too shabby with descriptions.

actually wait. i wanna see how many ppl out these share my struggles. ('visual artist' here being any form of art that requires visualization to create)

if you have aphantasia i would love to hear how that's shaped your experience with creating art in the tags!

Why must you hurt me this way

Resources

Su Cuy' gar! Olarom anade.

(Hello, welcome all)

These are my main resources I use to learn and translate Mando'a!

Mando'a.org

Dictionary

Mando'a Wookiepedia

Dictionary

Mando'a lessons

YouTube, verbally teaches Mando'a

Albertamando

Tiktok, teaches Mando'a

Memrise course by Mando'a lessons

Oyu'Baat

Discord server dedicated to learning Mando'a culture, language and teaching others the same way.

Ah. Good.

opens arms to hopefully give Eri a hug

pokes eri

do you ever get just a little annoyed because people seem to ignore the books in fanfiction or is that just me?

it was Narnia this time, i have yet to find a fanfic with more than a subtle nod to the books.

i just want Susan/Caspian with the books and Peter and Caspian being friends and Caspian having known about the Narnians still living plz just look at book canon for a moment i am B E G G I N G

...welp

Gonna need purgill to come in clutch yet again

Either that or the way between worlds. Something's going to have to happen