tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19268887.post8001383129871116366..comments2024-03-29T18:44:16.507+11:00Comments on Lazy Luddite Log: Words & PicturesDanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12710148812664294219noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19268887.post-29011418651480176082008-05-12T20:18:00.000+10:002008-05-12T20:18:00.000+10:00I do notice that raw thinking happens under the wo...I do notice that raw thinking happens under the wordy thinking but in me the wordy thinking is so strong (so much so I sometimes wish to be rid of it as it is <EM>slower</EM> than the raw thinking). I think this happens because so much of what I think about involves conversations - what has been or will be discussed or how particular things could be described.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12710148812664294219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19268887.post-16616568141108141002008-04-14T15:50:00.000+10:002008-04-14T15:50:00.000+10:00I tend to do my primary thinking in non-word form....I tend to do my primary thinking in non-word form. I do think to put things in to words when I have to communicate, but it's a distinctly different layer of thought, and kind of tedious. This might just be me being how I am. I've only recently confirmed that my experience of thinking is not common to everyone. <BR/><BR/>It's hard to describe the non-verbal thinking process verbally. It is more a sensation, so analogy, however inadequate, will have to suffice. I get gestural, postural sensations as ideas form and shift and combine. It "feels" vaguely like I'm manipulating concepts as though they were physical forms in space. There is texture, weight, balance, viscosity, attitude, gravity, layers. There is a library of ideas which have been assigned to symbols and sorted / stored in arrays. I'm sure everyone has this, but perhaps they are unaware of it, so don't see past a surface layer of verbal expression?<BR/><BR/>When I am thinking hard I like to stand very still, and sometimes hold my breath to provide less interference and clearer focus. I see other people do this. Are they consciously watching ideas slip around like surreal, shape-shifting 4D tetris at some level, or simply composing a sentence? I don't know.<BR/><BR/>My thoughts do get 'wordy' when the problem I am confronted with is one of communication on an issue I am passionate about. I find that listening to instrumental music quells the verbiage in my head and gives me access to the 'coal face' where the raw thoughts are. Writing things down also helps to clear my mind of unresolved thoughts. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps anyone who observes their thinking processes will notice that thinking happens at more than the 'wordy' level, and that the 'word processed thoughts' come after the raw thinking has occurred?Jachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05064250790526923038noreply@blogger.com