Personal Narrative: Words, Sound And Images In Our Mind

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Words, sounds and images trigger our thoughts and emotions. We create worlds within our mind when we feel both negative and positive feelings. Sometimes, we don’t have to feel anything to become lost in our thoughts. To be honest, I would fall in and out of my thoughts as if I walked into another room without knowing. For example, if I were to listen to some slow sad music my mind will create a scenario no wait, it’ll be more like my mind would create the climax of a movie scene where the main protagonist lost someone that meant the whole world to them. Writing that sentence triggered my mind already. Now this might sound like ADD or ADHD, but I’m going to have to disagree with that statement. Having this ability to create scenes or pictures within my mind from a sound, words, or pictures doesn’t hinder my life to a great deal because yes this would have some cons to it, but I’m trying to look at the positive side to it. My thoughts can help me create art in the real world. In the past I would fade away from my teacher’s lecture and wouldn’t even realize that I was imaging a snake in a top hat. Who would in the middle of math class think about a snake in a top hat in 10th grade? I guess I would be that person and I did indeed draw that top hat wearing snake. At times my mind would play out a story where I was some sort of wizard fending off evil …show more content…
When we’re overwhelmed with emotion we start to express them whether it’s by dancing, singing, writing stories or poetry. For me, I draw my thoughts out with pen, paint, markers or even with a simple pencil. My mind and the movies playing through gives me inspiration to draw both good and bad relatable creations. Having this ability to imagine multiple scenes or pictures within my mind from a sound, words, or pictures doesn’t hinder my life too much because this ability helps me creative for my art

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