My daughter once got upset because we were talking about volcanoes during dinner. She said it made her feel like she was eating rocks.
— Brian Sweeney (@briswe) May 11, 2016
omg "My greatest revelation was that most people have smell and taste memory and I shouldn't talk about gross things during meals!"
— Brian Sweeney (@briswe) May 11, 2016
I always wondered how someone could accurately describe someone else for a sketch artist. Now I know. I hope I never have to do that.
— Brian Sweeney (@briswe) May 10, 2016
Is this really as rare as indicated? I bet it's more common than you would think.
— Brian Sweeney (@briswe) May 10, 2016
I wonder if blind persons have a mind's eye. Particularly those blind from birth. If they do what do they "see."
— Brian Sweeney (@briswe) May 10, 2016
At least I'm not wholly"blind." I dream, visually. I can sort of "hear" music. But so much of that story is so familiar to me.
— Brian Sweeney (@briswe) May 10, 2016
"Spa radio" … fucking auto-correct. That should be aphantasia.
— Brian Sweeney (@briswe) May 10, 2016
I mean, now that I know people can do this I feel like I've been missing out on an aspect of consciousness that is almost mystical.
— Brian Sweeney (@briswe) May 10, 2016
I can't say That this blows my mind, but it is arousing a profound sense of sadness in me.
— Brian Sweeney (@briswe) May 10, 2016
I don't say this as someone who finds spa radio fascinating but as someone who finds "pictures in the mind" fascinating.
— Brian Sweeney (@briswe) May 10, 2016