Aspies lack imagination.. NOT!

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If you're with me in my home, expect me to dwell in the storage room, pacing around, absent-minded...

Sounds weird right? I mean, who dwells on their own, pacing? I'll ask you now: why am I doing this?

First things first, I'm pacing back and forth. Yes, that's right. IF you say that that's the only thing I'm doing..you are wrong....

My brain is also at work. Not just at work of moving my legs to pace back and forth, but also thought. Thoughts of origin. Thoughts of things that I can't reveal now. But as a hint, purely artistic thoughts.

I clearly don't get it when many say that people diagnose with Asperger's Syndrome lack imagination. Really, I don't get it. If people with AS DID lack imagination, I wouldn't be pacing around as I am doing. I was reading several threads on Wrongplanet.net about imagination, and it dawned to me that we didn't lack imagination as most say. Perhaps it's just that I don't like to expose my thoughts that much; clearly I am good at keeping personal thoughts at hand.

Have you ever counted how many ideas flow through your head per minute? I very much doubt it. And as a bulk-load of thoughts rush through my mind as I type, I've already lost count of 'stuff' going supersonic through my brain. If someone have invented a machine that reads & projects what a person is thinking, I'll bet the monitor would show nothing but blurs & flashes. And no matter if one is 'artistic' or 'corporate oriented', it will be the same result-- blurs & flashes.

Mine is blurs & flashes too! Tell me about it! I mean, seriously! How can I not have imagination if my mind is like that?! And I seem better at using my imagination when I pace around and when I'm alone. Looks like I don't need a chair in my studio after all!!

But then there's the drawback-- I can't really let out what I'm thinking. Whenever someone asks what I'm thinking, I always collapse in anxiety! I still haven't gotten down to why I have such a crazy imagination, but I always feel irked to tell others what my thoughts are. I'm still seeking ways to get over it, so far I haven't succeeded yet.

To explain in the perspective of my experience, things go on in my head, but grabbing my thoughts out into reality is just not possible. As if there are layers and layers of airport security or something (and mind you, not just pat-downs!). And it can take a lot of effort just to put up with my art homework! Maybe in some cases, one can be shy to express their thought. That's the way I am with things.

Protip? Carry a notebook! A small one with a pen or pencil. Have any thoughts? Jot it down! And be sure to put it at your bedside; who knows when your dreams could become the next bi thing for humanity? Remember, every thought is very very valuable. Whenever you have a good imagination or not, they're worth a lot. Write it down so you don't' lose them forever.

Remember when Albert Einstein said that "Imagination is greater than knowledge"?