I've had a theory for some time now about how different individuals see the world around us in different ways.
This theory arose over time because I noticed that I tend to advert to color more than other people do. When I see a group of cars, I notice the colors -- to the exclusion of all other information. I don't notice the make, the condition, or even the drivers inside.
When I shop for clothes, I see color. When I shop for furniture, I see color. In my office I have file folders in various colors to help me sort them. I keep colored paper around so that I can print drafts of documents of a distinctive color, allowing me to know at a glance which is which. For years (when I used to have a paper calendar of appointments) I color coded the entries. You get the idea.
At first, I thought everyone had the same perspective I do. But then I gradually realized that there are people who sort the world around them based on other criteria. Some people sort based on factual datasets. Some people sort based on patterns. Some people are even color blind, for goodness sake!
If indeed our eyes are wired to our minds differently. . . if our visual assessments are communicated in different languages to our brains -- before the effects of our learning or experience or whatever can be applied . . . then I wonder how much of my view of the world is based on how I am hard-wired from the beginning?
And how does that play into our ability to communicate with each other?
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I also am color oriented. I used to color code my transition reports in my previous job, and everyone on my team hated it, but I worked at least twice as fast that way.
But I am not as dominant that way, becuase when I see a group of cars I catagorize to type (exotic first, then sport, then luxury etc) and I don't think about color.
I do think that as people we have a tendancy to think that everyone is like us, but that we are special (everyone should like the movies I like, but I like them because I see them in a special way). It is a weird way to view the world, and I am kind of shocked we all think that way (unless of course that is just me fitting into my own stereotype :o)
Ha! I love it!
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