Non-verbal thinking is common
Visual dreams are one form most people are familiar with. Another is music. I think in music often. I always have. My brain creates music, fully-formed, polyphonic, and original. I can shift into that mode of thought at will. Often, the music is derivative of some standard form, and reminiscent of the work of a familiar composer or period of music. Sometimes its a baroque thing, or even a military march or ragtime piece, but it's always original and unique.
It's a pleasure. No words. Just music. If I try to remember it, it's gone and can't be recreated. I enjoy this type of thinking. It also sometimes even shows up in the background when I read. My wife says, "You're humming again." It's the soundtrack for what I'm reading, I guess.
Thinking without words.
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(I couldn't find the words to express what I was thinking).
