On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Mark Tiller wrote: [Kat] #>That is true...I know I think more in images and pictures and stuff #than in words. Sometimes, when I grasp a concept or >get an idea, it #can take me up to 10 minutes to put it into words. # #Pictures, Sounds, Feeling are the mode of the Subconcious, that's what #it works in, and since creativity is a function of the subconcious #that's why you have to "translate" to words which are used by the #concious mind. Oh, I disagree on that! I think in pictures and spatial relationships when I'm trying to fit things into spaces, like packing luggage into my car. I think in sounds when I'm composing a song or trying to work out chords to fit a tune. I think in feeling when I'm deciding what to wear and considering fit and comfort. And all these thought processes are as conscious as what I do when I think in words to compose a paragraph like this one. The difference is that in order to communicate the first three to another person, I usually have to translate them into words: to *communicate*, not to *think*. And that's "usually", not "always". If I were collaborating on packing with someone I shared no language with, we would use nonlinguistic gestures. If I were working on a song with someone, I'd say, "How about this?", and play what I was thinking of. -- Dr. Whom, Consulting Linguist, Grammarian, Orthoepist, and Philological Busybody a.k.a. Mark A. Mandel http://world.std.com/~mam/Cracks-and-Shards/ a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website