In just a few weeks, I’ll be saying “I do” to the love of my life. But I can’t picture it and am reflecting on what that means for my experience of these once-in-a-lifetime events. As an aphant about to tie the knot, I find myself in a unique position. While most soon-to-be-weds are lost […]
While countless self-help gurus preach the virtues of ‘living in the moment’, many of us aphants find ourselves already here – not by choice, but by nature. For years, mindfulness advocates have been selling the idea of ‘being present’ as if it’s a superpower. I think aphants have a headstart in this race to ‘now’. […]
Imagine a world where aphantasia isn’t the exception, but the rule. A world where the vast majority of people don’t see images in their mind’s eye. How would our society, built largely by and for visualizers, be reshaped? Would our schools teach differently? Would our art galleries look the same? How might our political discourse […]