Hi All you who have responded to my question - Thanks. Your answers have been very helpful. I see that there is a large variety of ways that people imagine their environments when they are away from trhem. Some see flashes of images (like me), some just remember very well and create words-memories that are more or less "vivid" - and some do both. For some reason the website does not take me to your responces and neither does it allow me to respond to your responces. Too bad. Consequently I cannot answer or say thank you in person. Too bad again. Howe3ver, the main message I take with me for all this is - wow what a rich world we live in, what a fabulous variety of experiences. We should treasure this variety and see it as the rich souce of knowledge that it is. Hurrah for all the weird ways to see, feel, hear, taste, think about and react emotionally to "reality" - whatever "reality" might be. Cheers, Bjarne