Lillian Tarnow

Having just read Tom Ebeyer's comments about memory and Maarten Serneels article about SDAM I am feeling normalized (?). So many odd and disturbing thing about myself, like lack of childhood (and adulthood) memories, very few long term relationships and no real nostalgia for past family holidays or other events. What a relief to know that I am not deficient, just a bit different. And then again not so different from other people I am learning from and about since finding aphantasia. Thanks to everyone who has shared their experience here.

As a ceramicist and mosaicist, I have marveled at how other artists are able to come up with ideas for their creations. I need pictures to copy (for sculpture) or as a starting point to modify for mosaic pieces. In June I came across the following article about aphantasia which explained a lot. https://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive-sciences/fulltext/S1364-6613(24)00034-2?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1364661324000342%3Fshowall%3Dtrue However, I struggle to explain aphantasia to others, and continue to search for more information. Today I found the network, which has actually brough up more questions, and answered some. So here I am, ready to learn more about how human brains work. My big question now: Was anyone disappointed when they made the animated Hobbit movie, and the Hobbits did not look right? I didn't know what they were supposed to look like, but I knew the movie characters weren't it.