Yes, it’s interesting, but it really does not affect creativity. Sure, I am a very poor artist in the 2-dimenional area, like painting, drawing..., but in 3-D, with geometry as the foundation, I am actually pretty decent. Clay and wood speak well for me. Also, I have designed tattoos that adorn large swaths of the skin of friends, not from art, but from doodles, which are really just interesting composition of geometric designs. However, I can't draw something as simple as a shot glass and have it look at all "correct". Also, even though I can't produce the paintings and 2-D works, I love looking at them and derive great pleasure from art. It took me some time to actually give up on wanting to visualize. I did many activities my shrink told me to try, in order to see if I could develop trace memory. I was never successful. I also used a fair amount of hallucinogens when I was younger, mainly because the visualizations were unimaginable. I have come to love the fact that how I perceive the world is different than you, or anybody. I have come to love the fact that everyone actually has a unique perspective. That perspective in not just derived from their point of view in life (nurture), but also by brain chemistry and DNA (nature). An interesting thing to think about is how our unique traits would benefit or harm us at different ages in mankind. Would your visualization skills have made you a better hunter when we were living in caves? Could it have hurt? What about during the Enlightenment? What about tomorrow? Perhaps I’m just weird, but I like to think about these things.
A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity. Robert A. Heinlein
