Kelly, Nancy and children's book author Sue Ganz-Schmitt discuss Aphantasia: • How to say it?: Uh-Fan-Tay-See-Ya. What is it? Aphantasia is the inability to visualize. Otherwise known as image-free thinking. In simpler terms, if you ask someone with aphantasia to imagine a beach, we think of the concept of a beach. We know what a beach is and can describe it, but we can’t “see” it in our mind’s eye. It’s not just the visual sense that’s impacted. Aphantasia can affect all or some of the other senses in your imagination. It is also called mind-blindness.

Aphantasia Network: https://aphantasia.com/guide/

Sue Ganz Schmitt is a children’s book author, musical theater producer, SCBWI member, and philanthropist. She holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts in writing for children and young adults. Sue has performed in RENT on Broadway, run a marathon, and pursues other improbable and exciting challenges—as often as she can. Sue's newest book, SKYBOUND!: Starring Mary Myers as Carlotta, Daredevil Aeronaut & Scientist, is illustrated by Iocopo Bruno.

You can often find Sue at her home in the Los Angeles mountains, eyes to the stars, dreaming up something new.

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