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John Heywood

"Out of sight, out of mind"  If only, we could reverse time and ask of this proverbial testimony; was the author aphantic, or just musing memory?

Clairvoyant Appropriation

I have aphantasia and anauralia - scientific definitions for a blind and silent mind.  It is a  Clairvoyant world,  when only 2-5% have aphantasia - in that, most can 'count sheep' in their minds eye, to various degrees. I am unable to see images in my mind - I can't 'count sheep' like others  -  my minds eye is blind. I am just counting, knowing the numbers represent sheep. I lack what may once have been called  clairvoyance , which can be defined as; ' clear seeing '  or ' minds clarity of vision '. Etymology of Clairvoyance : Clarity  - the ability to think clearly /  brightness  of mind (Latin) C lair  - clear (French), Voir - to see (French) Clairvoyant  - clear sighted perspective (French) Aphantasia  and  anauralia  come under ' voyance'  and ' audition'  of the mind, some of my thinking senses others  don't  understand, that I find hard to explain (and that compensate for this lack of mental vision), seem to come under