‘I have no mind’s eye’: what is it like being an author with aphantasia? | Books | The Guardian

Fantasy novelist Mark Lawrence has no problem with imagination - so it was a shock to realise he couldn’t picture anything in his mind

‘All at once I understood that pretty much everyone visualised their thoughts all the time!’ … a visitor to the Cloud Room in the Dali & Magritte exhibition in Brussels last year. Photograph: François Lenoir/Reuters View image in fullscreen ‘All at once I understood that pretty much everyone visualised their thoughts all the time!’ … a visitor to the Cloud Room in the Dali & Magritte exhibition in Brussels last year. Photograph: François Lenoir/Reuters Books This article is more than 6 years old ‘I have no mind’s eye’: what is it like being an author with aphantasia? This article is more than

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