Ishtar's Shithouse Poetry

Introduction Aphantasia, a condition in which individuals lack one or more sensory modalities of the mind, has traditionally been defined in terms of the absence of the five external senses. However, this narrow view fails to consider the possibility of additional, unrecognised senses that shape our internal perception. Recently, researchers have redefined “global aphantasia” as the inability to mentally recreate “all sensory experiences”—not just visual imagery. This definition is problematic because it presumes a completeness of understanding that has not yet been established. Specifically, the terms "all" and “global” are misleading, as they imply a full comprehension of the sensory modalities involved, when in fact, only a limited set of sensory experiences have been defined.  Given that the human body possesses a broad array of sensory modalities—at least 33 sensory modalities , according to research from the University of Glasgow conducted in 2005—it seems arbitrary and...