25 Apr 07
Originally posted by Restless SoulI think it's an interesting question. Dreams are your subconscious sorting through your thoughts and experiences. I find dreams to be very graphic, but if I had never seen anything, how would my dreams be formed?
Hopefully a blind person will see this post and be able to tell you -.-
If I have never seen the colour red, how could you describe it to me if I have only seen black from birth?
Anybody ever ask a blind person this?
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25 Apr 07
Originally posted by RagnorakRed = stick your finger in a candle flame.
I think it's an interesting question. Dreams are your subconscious sorting through your thoughts and experiences. I find dreams to be very graphic, but if I had never seen anything, how would my dreams be formed?
If I have never seen the colour red, how could you describe it to me if I have only seen black from birth?
Anybody ever ask a blind person this?
D
Blue = stick your finger in cold water.
Yellow = smell a flower
etc.
There are many ways to visualise that which you can't see.
Imagine complete blackness. Nothingness.
And then imagine the feeling of cold custard trickling through your fingers.
I presume that's what a blind person's dream is like.
25 Apr 07
Originally posted by shavixmirWhere do you stick your finger for ginger?
Red = stick your finger in a candle flame.
Blue = stick your finger in cold water.
Yellow = smell a flower
etc.
There are many ways to visualise that which you can't see.
Imagine complete blackness. Nothingness.
And then imagine the feeling of cold custard trickling through your fingers.
I presume that's what a blind person's dream is like.
25 Apr 07
Originally posted by RagnorakGoogle something like "blind dream", there's some interesting stuff out there. For example:
I think it's an interesting question. Dreams are your subconscious sorting through your thoughts and experiences. I find dreams to be very graphic, but if I had never seen anything, how would my dreams be formed?
http://psych.ucsc.edu/dreams/Library/kerr_2004.html
http://www.infociegos.com/english/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=29
http://www.dreamgate.com/dream/articles_rcw/ed2-1bli.htm
While I "see" in my dreams, that's only one aspect of them, so I don't find it that hard to imagine non-visual dreams. But if you are a mainly visual thinker, it's probably more difficult to imagine. My thoughts mostly come in a non-visual format.