Careers
Studies show aphantasics often choose careers in STEM fields, drawing on their strengths in analytical thinking and abstract reasoning. However, successful aphantasics can be found across all industries. This cognitive difference shapes how individuals approach problems and process information, leading to unique strengths across various professions. Many aphantasics develop alternative strategies that prove valuable in their chosen fields. On this page, you'll find research on career trends, stories across different industries, videos and discussions about how aphantasics adapt and excel in their professional lives.
The Power of Abstract Thinking in Aphantasia
The concept of 'tokens' and 'types' helped me understand how we think differently: visualizers use specific imagery, while aphantasics excel in abstract thinking.
I Am Aphantasic
Aphantasia is not something I have; it is something I am.
Aphant/SDAM/ASD - Career Suggestions?
Seeking career advice for leveraging unique thinking skills in areas like Data Analysis or AI, after challenges in software development.
How a Visual Artist With Aphantasia Drew What She Couldn’t “See”
I achieved something I had never done before as a visual artist with aphantasia. How I “imagined” light in a dark cave with no mind’s eye.
Photographer with aphantasia
Capturing memories through photography feels different when you can't visualize them, yet it reveals the power of images in our lives.
Imagination Without Images: Aphantasia and Science Fiction Readers and Writers
If you write speculative fiction, 2% of your readers might experience reading like I do—tips for reading and writing science fiction with aphantasia.
Aphantasic Author
How do you create and develop characters and plots when visual imagination isn't part of the process? Share your experiences!
Visualisation and Why We Don’t Need it to Make Visual Art
Artists, writers, illustrators, photographers and all people who work with their creative impulses are not limited by their aphantasia.
Interpreting in the Dark - Being an Interpreter with Aphantasia
I had apparently been doing the unimaginable: working as an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter with aphantasia. How one interpreter learned to interpret "in the dark."
Do aphantasic novelists write differently?
Do authors with unique visual experiences approach description differently, and how does this influence their writing style?
Photography, Creativity, and Aphantasia
Master photographer shares tips for expanding your photographic talent with aphantasia in this article on photography, creativity, and aphantasia.
Blind Mind's Eye - The Science of Visual Imagery Extremes
Adam Zeman shares the rediscovery of aphantasia, a blind mind's eye, in this presentation from the 2021 Extreme Imagination Conference and Exhibition.
Fellow Professional Artists, Animators: Please Share!
How has your artistic journey been shaped by unique cognitive experiences? Share insights on the challenges and unexpected advantages!
How Would your Life Choices be Different if You Didn't have Aphantasia
How would your life choices change if you could visualize future outcomes? Let's explore the impact of this unique experience.
How to Write with Aphantasia
If you can’t visualize, how can you write? Write by patchwork. Award-winning aphantasic author shares tips for how to write with aphantasia.
The Art of Aphantasia
Discover the art of aphantasia. How Disney animator and 'mind blind' artist Glen Keane creates without visualising.
Acting with Aphantasia
Struggling with emotional recall and character physicality in performance, I'm seeking tips from fellow actors facing similar challenges.
Being a Writer When You Literally Cannot Visualize Scenes
How embracing aphantasia helped one writer unearth a novel approach to building worlds without seeing them.
Employment opportunities
What careers suit those who struggle with visualization? Share your experiences and tips for overcoming workplace challenges!
How to Make Art with Aphantasia
Alice doesn’t visualize; she conceptualizes. How one artist discovered the superpower behind creating art with aphantasia.