Teh lol.

[The Ü™]

Never had any trouble with that either... Maybe just getting it out in the "right" way so that others understand it.

I was just doing a Google search and looked up some articles about parents with AS/HFA children. The majority of these parents wrote that their children are highly imaginative and creative.

And there are plenty of "normal" children with a complete lack of imagination.

 

[The Ü™]

I can imagine a lot of things well, but I cannot imagine faces, no matter how hard I try. So I marked no. Kind of makes me wonder, though. Can anyone else actually imagine fresh, new faces?

Personally, I don't like reading fiction precisely because I have trouble imagining things by looking at words.

But if I see an external image that I'm drawn to or if I read about some rare and bizarre creature in a science textbook or something unusual like that, then I start creating a story or a scene revolving around it, or maybe implement elements of it into another project I put on the back burner. But I don't really imagine the detailed description as much as I imagine the idea I connected it to. Weave it into a story or new concept and the like.

 

[Haphazard]

Well, the reason I asked is because apparently facial recognition is special in humans or something.

I have problem imagining build, hairstyle, clothing, or even details about hands and stuff, but as soon as I start getting 'hooked nose' and 'wide eyes,' there's nothing there.

 

[iwakar]

One thing that really threw me off on that Aspergers test was imagining what characters look like in stories.

I can imagine a lot of things well, but I cannot imagine faces, no matter how hard I try. So I marked no. Kind of makes me wonder, though. Can anyone else actually imagine fresh, new faces?

Hrmm, I can.

 

[iwakar]

The biggest no-sayer fact, in my opinion, is that the PDF that you, hirsch, linked to says that people with aspergers generally suffer from lack of imagination... I surely don't. I've got too much of it, to say the least.

They have an incredible imagination. My little brother used to get lost in imaginary worlds and play fighting as a child to excess. That was the first clue when we realized something was off. Once he was imaginary playing, it took something drastic to snap him out of his reverie.

 

[The Ü™]

Faces all look the same, though.

Can you imagine a human nose before you know what a human nose is or looks like?

 

[The Ü™]

I have problem imagining build, hairstyle, clothing, or even details about hands and stuff, but as soon as I start getting 'hooked nose' and 'wide eyes,' there's nothing there.

Cliches are evil.

I learned about cliches in my creative writing class several years ago.

If you say something like, "Her eyes were as blue as the Pacific," you can't picture it because the Pacific-being-blue analogy is so overused. On the other hand, if you write it as, "Her eyes were as blue as toilet bowl cleaner," then you have a better picture of what her eyes look like.

 

[Haphazard]

Cliches are evil.

I learned about cliches in my creative writing class several years ago.

If you say something like, "Her eyes were as blue as the Pacific," you can't picture it because the Pacific-being-blue analogy is so overused. On the other hand, if you write it as, "Her eyes were as blue as toilet bowl cleaner," then you have a better picture of what her eyes look like.

You... are completely missing my point.

And for the record, I've heard 'her eyes were as blue as toilet bowl cleaner' much more often than 'her eyes were as blue as the pacific.'

 

[The Ü™]

I think you need some degree of sensory stimuli as a starting off point to be able to imagine anything.

And for the record, I've heard 'her eyes were as blue as toilet bowl cleaner' much more often than 'her eyes were as blue as the pacific.'

What books did you read? (Serious question.)

 

[Haphazard]

What books did you read? (Serious question.)

Eh... more in songs. Though I can't remember which ones.

Also, amateur fiction.

 

[The Ü™]

Eh... more in songs. Though I can't remember which ones.

Also, amateur fiction.

Oh, okay. I was assuming the dull classical literature they make you read in school precisely to keep you uninterested in the activity over the long haul.