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Cake day: June 18th, 2023

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  • I had that exact same conversation with my mom but it went like this:

    “Ok mom, picture a cow in your head”

    “Oookayyy”

    “Now you can see a cow right?”

    “What do you mean”

    “Like… You can see a picture of the cow, right?”

    “Nooo”

    My dad chimes in “yes, obviously”

    “…crap. Mom, I have some news for you”

    Both of us grew up thinking we had no imagination or were dumb. I remember being incredibly frustrated when a teacher taught us the concept of the Memory Palace where you picture things in rooms of a house. Like if you had to remember five playing cards you’d picture a room with 7 red clowns, with hearts on their cheeks. Then in the next room you’d picture a king, holding up a spade, etc. That just made it harder for me to remember and the teacher kept telling me I wasn’t listening or trying.

    I feel that explanation about being useless to a sketch artist on a spiritual level, that blew my mind as a kid. To this day I can’t really describe what my parents or wife looks like, I can just list characteristics. I feel my brain trying to visualize but then it comes up empty