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Re: david
i'm right with you here. i think i'd call it an associative memory, myself. i remember the connections between things better than the things themselves. i can remember where i met someone, a few things about them, maybe even a line or two they said, but not their name. :) likewise i seem to be really good at seeing an actor in a movie and naming some other film they've been in, even if they look older/younger. again, not much luck with their names.
when it comes to music it's just as tangled. at first listen, especially, i hardly even hear the music; it's all associations with other music or places or people or emotions, and most of it below the conscious surface. with multiple listens, i start to get into the music itself and its interconnectedness, the web within the web. and that spawns (in a network sense) new connections, new associations to follow. again, mostly subconsciously. and when a connection completes and a phrase or idea sparks above the surface, well i write it down. and then i start searching for more. rinse and repeat, and that's another day. :)
nathan
> although, the more i think about it, i
> wonder if 'visual' is even the right term to describe how i understand
> things- i think it might be more along the lines of 'atmospheric' or
> 'non-literal.'
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