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How a Visual Artist With Aphantasia Drew What She Couldn’t “See”
I achieved something I had never done before as a visual artist with aphantasia. How I “imagined” light in a dark cave with no mind’s eye.
Deleted member · March 2023
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Imagination Without Images: Aphantasia and Science Fiction Readers and Writers
If you write speculative fiction, 2% of your readers might experience reading like I do—tips for reading and writing science fiction with aphantasia.
Kim Zarins · November 2022
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Mental Images and the Design Process
When I learned about aphantasia I began to wonder... How might the vividness of our individual imaginations impact our design process?
Melanie Scheer · July 2022
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Visualisation and Why We Don’t Need it to Make Visual Art
Artists, writers, illustrators, photographers and all people who work with their creative impulses are not limited by their aphantasia.
Elina Cerla · May 2022
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Creative Workarounds for Aphantasics
How do I create if I cannot create things in my imagination? Artist shares creative workarounds for aphantasics.
Julia Stone · January 2022
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Photography, Creativity, and Aphantasia
Master photographer shares tips for expanding your photographic talent with aphantasia in this article on photography, creativity, and aphantasia.
Chris Wooley · January 2022
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How to Write with Aphantasia
If you can’t visualize, how can you write? Write by patchwork. Award-winning aphantasic author shares tips for how to write with aphantasia.
Dustin Grinnell · June 2021
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The Art of Aphantasia
Discover the art of aphantasia. How Disney animator and 'mind blind' artist Glen Keane creates without visualising.
Matthew MacKisack · June 2021
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5 Ways to Enjoy Reading with Aphantasia
Squeeze more joy out of reading without visualizing. Aphantasia is an opportunity– and an excuse–to let yourself get distracted by language. Breathe it in, enjoy it.
Bartholomew Lander · May 2021
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Being a Writer When You Literally Cannot Visualize Scenes
How embracing aphantasia helped one writer unearth a novel approach to building worlds without seeing them.
Alexandra Oliva · April 2021
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Discovering Imagery Extremes Opens a Whole New World
Discovering imagery extremes opens a whole new world with many new and fantastic points of view.
Monica Aguado Munoz · March 2021
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Creating in the Dark
Aphantasia is key to my artistic expression. Without a mind’s eye, I find that I am drawn to the initial stages of sculpting without seeing at all.
Rachel Lou · October 2020
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How to Make Art with Aphantasia
Alice doesn’t visualize; she conceptualizes. How one artist discovered the superpower behind creating art with aphantasia.
Dustin Grinnell · February 2020
