I’ve noticed a characteristic about myself, and i wonder if it’s something other people in the profession experience.
Walking through life, i tend to register some people and objects in great detail, but large parts of the surroundings go completely unnoticed. Say, i can tell the color of some child’s toy, but not the fact that there was a dance demo across the street. People usually ask me “but how could you not see this ?”
I can be completely involved in one activity, and miss all the rest. When i read books, talk to someone, work – all the rest fades in the background.
I’ve always been a bit of a space cadet, but i feel this particular aspect is getting stronger with age. I wonder if it’s a geek attribute, this. Something linked to the profession – the long stretches of concentration on 19″ of reality. Are any of you affected by it ?
Sounds *very* familiar.
I wouldn’t worry about it!
I don’t really worry about it – it’s just peculiar
I recognise it I guess. On the one hand, a lot depends on the time you get to process things and how fast you can see the essentials, if you see what I mean. Or am I talking gibberish
@lamazone – yep, that too. I need my time for the big picture, you’re making sense