• WereCat@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      I feel like I’m between 4 and 5 if I try to imagine something on purpose but if I’m reading a book or someone is describing something to me I’m a solid 1 as I can vividly see what it’s being described.

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      9 months ago

      Ide love to see what you can see when you read or listen to a book. It would take so much less energy to read as much as i do. It must be like watching a movie playout inside your head with the best narrator i could imagine

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        9 months ago

        I’m a 1 on that chart and I struggle to understand how you can even follow what’s happening in a book without being able to imagine it.

        I mean, you have to be able to fill in the gaps don’t you? Books can’t describe every detail.

        • GoodEye8@lemm.ee
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          9 months ago

          Short answer is, you can’t. That’s why I don’t read books.

          Longer answer is that even if you read a book you can still understand what of happening in the book, you simply won’t get a visual image of what you read. Makes books pretty boring to read IMO.

      • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        9 months ago

        You’re spot on. I genuinely tend to forget if I’ve read a book or watched a movie/series if it’s been a few years.