I couldn't figure out what Daydreaming had to do with all of this. But a light bulb just went off. OH! I get it now. I have never in my life had "creative" daydreaming. My "daydreaming" is always about problem solving, or "telling off people I wish I could tell off."
Anyone else?
My "day dreaming" is never creative fantasizing. Its almost exclusively preparatory conversations, arguments, and rehearsals. I never see things in my head, at least not like I imagine other people do. I can try really hard to visualize stuff, but its really difficult. I cannot describe "the perfect man" or fantasize about someone I'm attracted to. I can't listen to someone describe something, or even give me verbal directions, because I just don't see it in my head. (This is one thing I fake a lot, saying "sure, I see it, yeah" all the time.) Its easier when I'm reading a book, but again, when an author is describing the way a person looks, I never see a complete picture in my head. For example, describing a man who has dark curly hair, full lips, a hook nose, and broad shoulders; I'd see all those components separately, but never a full picture of a man. This is why I LOVE it when they make movies and TV shows from books. I loved the Lord of the Rings books, Game of Thrones, and my favorite book, Dune by Frank Herbert. They all have wonderful film adaptations and I find I enjoy rereading them all because the experience is richer for having seen everything in a different way.
What Fermi said:
Its almost exclusively preparatory conversations, arguments, and rehearsals.
Wow, I can totally relate to this! I "rehearse rehearse rehearse" but nothing ever comes out like I rehearsed. Especially on job interviews. Yes, they tell you to "rehearse" but if I get thrown a curve ball, I "tilt, game over."
What Fermi said:
I never see a complete picture in my head. For example, describing a man who has dark curly hair, full lips, a hook nose, and broad shoulders; I'd see all those components separately, but never a full picture of a man.
I "hear" music the same way. I do NOT hear the "whole." I hear the separate "parts." It's like I hear the conductor's score. I hear each instrument separately but all together. Yes, I do have musical talent but not enough to be a pro or anything. I probabl could have been a sound engineer, but that career field never occurred to me (I'm an accountant by trade....)
Its almost exclusively preparatory conversations, arguments, and rehearsals.
Sometimes, I think, I am living my life in rehearsals more than the real one.
I can hear individual notes being played in his music (not exclusively, but a lot of his playing is note by note; e.g., Braun-Y-Aur Stomp). DXS, since you hear music as separate sounds, I was wondering if you enjoyed music designed to be played that way.
Boy can I relate to this:
Sometimes, I think, I am living my life in rehearsals more than the real one.
I rehearse rehearse rehearse, but the real scene evolves in a different scenario that I hadn't anticipated.
DXS, since you hear music as separate sounds, I was wondering if you enjoyed music designed to be played that way.
Wasn't aware he designed songs that way. I hear all music that way, the separate components. I hear the crescendos, the decrescendos, and I can tell when a "flat was natural'd" or a "sharp was natural'd" etc. I can't name the specific note that was "natural'd" (people who play instruments will know what I mean...)
If you have heard of the group BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD (I think it's them....or a group similar to them...) one of their songs (I forgot the name....) has a trumpet that does an ascending short scale and on the last note, the trumpet goes FLAT. And I SWEAR I heard another version of that same song where the trumpet did NOT go flat.
When I hear the version where the trumpet goes FLAT, I keep asking people with musical talent, "can't you tell the trumpet went flat?"
I can't remember the group or the name of the song, but I swear the trumpet went flat, OBVIOUS flat.
I remember Buffalo Springfield as being a guitar heavy group. An electric trumpet could've replaced the bass in Bluebird, or played as an accompaniment to the bass; I don't remember ever hearing that.
The trumpet in Old Time Rock & Roll plays in B flat, but I don't think that's what you mean.
I was wondering if an enjoyment of individual notes was an Alexithymic trait (not that it implies Alexithymia). DXS, I was wondering if you enjoyed hearing music the way you do, but it sounds like you do.
The term Daydream has absolutely no meaning for me whatsoever. I've read it in books, I've heard people referring to it but it makes no sense to be at all. I dream when I'm asleep, I've never dreamt while I was awake.
I got to this site as a result of taking the Two Factor Imagination Scale (TFIS) test; scored 25 out of 66 points, and got a link to this site (accompanied by text, saying I had traits of Alexithymia). The friendly answer I got from the tests results was, "Low Spontaneous Imagination". Average scores for several groups (male ASD, female ASD, male NT, female NT) were supplied with the test result; every group had low spontaneous imagination. So the average person probably doesn't daydream all that much.
I don't daydream, and I rarely dream at night. When I dream (at night) it usually involves taking a walk, or an equally bland event.
I was wondering if an enjoyment of individual notes was an Alexithymic trait (not that it implies Alexithymia). DXS, I was wondering if you enjoyed hearing music the way you do, but it sounds like you do.
YES, I love that I can do that! I hear the "parts" not the "whole."
I'm going to hunt that song down in I-Tunes where the trumpet goes flat, and if I find it, I'll post the song and the group.
