What Do Your Thoughts Look Like? (I Found Out Mine Aren't Normal)

What do your thoughts look like?I bet no one's ever asked you that before. When I picture an apple, I see a full 4K, multisensory scene — I can feel the warmth of it, hear the crunch, taste that it's a little sour. I assumed everyone's mind worked like mine. Then I asked my husband what he sees… and his answer sent me down a rabbit hole that explained everything about how I write.There's a name for it: hyperphantasia. And on the other end of the spectrum is aphantasia — people who can't picture anything at all. This is the story of the dinner where I found out, and what it means for the way Call of Matter came to be.⏱️ Chapters00:00 — What do your thoughts look like?00:38 — Where I'm at (copy edits, September handback, February launch, Book 2)02:21 — The vacation dinner that started it all03:02 — I asked my husband what he sees when he thinks05:30 — "I just see the words, floating in space"07:00 — Think of an apple — what do you see?09:20 — What I see when I hear "apple" (the full 4K version)15:16 — Wait — you don't ALL see this?17:41 — I asked my dad, my best friend… the whole spectrum19:44 — Falling down the rabbit hole: hyperphantasia & aphantasia24:06 — Why this explains my entire writing process25:20 — How Cassidy first "fell into my head"28:40 — Why my first drafts feel like raw footage37:26 — Where do YOU lie on the spectrum?I'm genuinely curious — tell me in the comments what you see when you picture an apple. A movie? A painting? Floating words? Nothing at all? I want to know where you land.🌊 Call of Matter — Book 1 of the Erastasis series. A debut adult romantasy launching February 9, 2027.📬 Pre-orders drop this November — join the mailing list so you don't miss it: callofmatter.com🌊 Read the prologue + Chapter 1 free while you're there.🌊 Instagram / TikTok: @viv.lelaFor readers of Fourth Wing, Crescent City, and Red Rising.