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Latest articles by Blake Ross

Imagine a dog. Got it? I don’t. Here’s what it’s like to be unable to visualize anything.
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I have never visualized anything in my entire life. I can’t “see” my father’s face or a bouncing blue ball, my childhood bedroom or the run I went on 10 minutes ago. I’m 30 years old, and I never knew a human could do any of this.

By Blake Ross