[UA] OT: Thought and Language

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Oddly enough, I just had a conversation where it came up that Einstein 
probably didn't think in words *or* pictures. His framework of preverbal 
creation (ie, thought) was largely unrelated to the framework of almost all 
other people (most of whom think in words or image collections, including 
all five senses as well as the concept of space).
And Cassady, you are a freak. Up for Planet el des Apes?
Patrick
burnt out

>Yep, visual and audial artists (painters, sculptors, musicians, and 
>lighting
>designers just to name a few) or any sort of three dimensional
>designer/creator (engineers, draftsmen, plumbers, and welders just to name 
>a
>few) are all about shape, form, location.  We have to think in pictures
>images, and concepts dissassociated with language to do what we do.
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>Almost everything you touch on a daily basis was drawn by someone and built
>by someone else.  Neither of those people could do that without thinking in
>abstractions separated miles from language.
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>For the record, I think interchangable in either words or images depending
>what I'm focusing on or doing at the time.  I usually think in english,
>although when I'm thinking about relationships I tend to think in Spanish
>(or pig spanish--Mario can tell you how bad my Spanish is).
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>Most real-world magical and spiritual traditions place great value on
>visualization, but I won't say how "useful" that is for fear of people
>thinking I'm a freak....
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