Gerry Cadotte

I was watching an artist in Victoria British Columbia do an absolutely life like "dot" portrait of a woman from memory about 15 years ago. We sat around and talked for around 30 minutes and I was absolutely blown away that he was "just copying what was in his mind". He was stunned and couldn't understand that I didn't have the ability to "close my eyes and just picture it". I only just found out that there is a name for it today and that other people have the same issue.I figured picturing it in ones “mind’s eye” was one of those quirks that let artists be artists, and since I'm an engineer - I'm built differently. I had no idea that almost everyone else could picture something in their mind and actually "see" it to some degree.I find it strange that I'm a Professional Electrical Engineer who can recall facts, figures, dates, codes and perform some pretty advanced math, but can't picture a horse in my mind’s eye. I know intuitively it has eyes, ears, a mane, and what each piece “should” look like, but I can't picture it standing there.I'm wondering if anyone else has trouble reciting the words to songs as they play, or is that just something unique to me? Again, I have no issues with memorizing facts, figures and could memorize the lines to a song, but there is no way I could recall them in time to sing them as the music plays.