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Post by auntym on Jul 25, 2011 11:29:54 GMT -6
Stephen Wiltshire draws Rome from memory
Uploaded by alnomad on Jun 25, 2006
Stephen Wiltshire is a British man who was diagnosed as autistic when he was a child. He's also been noted for his exacting memory, which allows him to recreate [in drawings] vast scenes he sees only once. This video shows his 16-foot-paannama of Rome after taking one helicopter ride above the city.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2011 14:24:47 GMT -6
Wow Auntym! I have seen many documentaries on Autism and it's simply fascinating! Here's another one I found on youtube about synesthesia. Mozart also had synesthesia. (Not sure if I'm spelling this right, the forum spellchecker doesn't have this word in its library and I'm too lazy to check the dictionary... lol...) Some people suspect that I also have a form of "High Functioning" Autism... it's called Asperger Syndrome. I have never been diagnosed with it though. It normally presents itself during childhood in the form of an unusual obsession. Children with Asperger Syndrome are often called "Child Prodigies". With me, I had two obsessions as a child. Music, and words... which are both processed in the same area of the brain... the language center. I still have these obsessions as an adult, but my obsession has shifted to encompass not only the English language, but a new one... the German language... lol... a diagnosis of Asperger syndrome would explain my odd behavior down to a T... at least that's what everyone who knows anything about it says... ~shrug~ I am a fairly normal person, just a little "odd" and "socially awkward" which is another defining factor of Autism. My eyes are also... oddly... almond shaped. Nobody ever considered that I had autism as a child, because it is often viewed as a mental "disability". They were too busy wowing over me and my academic achievements... ~shrug~ I mean hell... I wrote a novel between the ages of 12 and 14... started composing music when I was 14... was a published poet four times before I graduated high school... ~shrug~ My co-workers think I'm weird cuz I'll be walking in front of the registers when it's slow and start singing a random song. They'll stare at me and say "What are you doing?" "Don't you hear it?" I will say and point up at the speakers on the ceiling. I always hear it when nobody else can... the satellite radio... last night I was having a glass of wine with a friend at a bar and heard a song on the jukebox I hadn't heard in 8 years and got excited (much more excited than a normal person) and started singing along...anticipated the bridge and key change and thoroughly enjoyed the experience while outside... and my friend couldn't hear it... and just smiled at me... not sure what to say... ~shrug~ That's just "me".
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2011 14:30:24 GMT -6
They also say that perhaps Mozart was an "Aspie" too... another music-obsesser... and Einstein... a physics obsesser... ~shrug~ Different notes and keys... Mozart saw colors. Me... I have a fit with note intervals. What drives me crazy is minor chords... and "fourths". The note B flat drives me crazy too... and any key change... I don't see colors, but I get a powerful emotional response to these things... ~shrug~ I've been known to randomly shout "Key change!!" when listening to music and my friends laugh and call me a "Band geek" then I beg them to play it again... if it isn't on the radio...
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Post by orionpath on Jul 26, 2011 11:10:21 GMT -6
That sounds like fun! Wish I could sing
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2011 15:14:08 GMT -6
That sounds like fun! Wish I could sing Practice makes perfect Orionpath. The more you do it, the better you get. That's how it goes!
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