Visualisation is a term we use when we have to imagine something. When we read a story, learn a new concept, think about the future or the past, we visualise things to get a feeling of reality thus enable better understanding (wherever applicable).
What is visualisation?? In most cases it is just correlating stuff with what we have already seen.
Visualisation is the base for an artist, a sculptor or even a businessman .All said and done, let us take a look at this:
VISUALIZATION is a word that you and me can afford to use. All that we can ever VISUALISE is in 3dimensions.For example; try to imagine, for a moment, a 5 dimensional space. What parameters do u think an object can have in 5D?? When I say, "object", what comes to your mind is a 3dimensional body. So, our spatial ability that is, our ability to visualise things, is (unfortunately) limited to 3dimensions.This is because we tend to relate to what we have seen (and we have not seen anything but 3D.).
Consider a man who is visually challenged from birth (note the term "visually challenged”. I think it is inappropriate to use it. Explanation will follow.). He has literally no idea as to what is visualising, or what is dimension or even what is light!!!
He is told that there is something called light. But one can never "explain" to him what is light. It has to be felt. You may tell him that there is a road, a house, a dog, a building... but to him, everything is new; unimaginable; unproved.
And to him, the world is more than 3dimensional.When we see an object we see it in terms of its “height, width and breadth”. But when a visually challenged man “sees” an object’s feel, its position (in his own terms), and probably has more parameters associated with every object, say, regarding the way he confronted it or something.
If you are in a room with no light, u will find it very difficult to navigate let alone do some work. So we can claim that LIGHT is the thing that aids us. Suppose a visually challenged person is in a dark room, he will work with at least twice your speed, despite not having light.
Now THINK and tell, who is visually challenged? Is it the one who is totally dependent on light or the one who is unaffected by light- one who can “see” all the time?
Light is our greatest strength and weakness too!! That is why I said; the term “visually challenged” is not apt.
VISUALISING MULTI-DIMENSIONS:
Dimension as told in physics is a physical parameter that describes a body. Somehow, I feel that in order to truly (and somewhat easily) experience more than three dimensions, we just remember the following:
Dimensions are not always specific to physical attributes. They can also be abstract parameters that are independent of one another.
Suppose there are 5 factors governing the sales of a product (take economics for example), the economists write some equations containing the factors that are independent of one another.
Attempts to "visualize" 5th(or more) dimension, as coordinates and spatial attributes is not a healthy habit.
Alternately, let us try to experience multi-dimension in an abstract way.
Think of (visualise) a cup of coffee.
What you VISUALISE is a multi-dimensional image; wondering how??
Its because a lot of parameters that feature in your imagination can be defined explicitly:
1.A cup (3 dimension-physical)
2.Colour of the cup
3.The place where you see it is (say on your dining table)
4.the amount of light incident on the cup (so that you can see it)
5.The amount of coffee in the cup
6.The colour of the coffee
7.The temperature of the coffee (say, you always expect steaming coffee to be served)
8.The position of the cup’s handle (variable in 0-360 degrees)
And some more parameters that you might have imagined:
9.The colour of the table
10.The texture of the cup
Aahhh…who said multi-dimensions were tough?
We have indeed done some mental work that has the potential of being equated with those mathematicians and scientists who talk in multi dimensions and live in an entirely different universe. And the best part is, we have not written any equations (I hate equations and derivations).
So let your imagination sprint. Break away from all dimensional barriers and visualise the ultimate. For what stops you, also has the potential to inspire you!!!
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REFERENCE (one of the reasons for me writing this blog)
nationalpolicies.blogspot.com
(there is a post under the heading MULTI DIMENSIONS)
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9 comments:
People looking around the world fail to realize, every physical parameter associated with an object is a dimension to it.So,think blindly to visualize anything :P
I like the wat the post started. I have already made a movie on fourth dimension and I know quite a bit about multi dimensional studies. But then I ve never really thought of it this way: A blind man may be able to visualize the fourth dimension. And the fifth and the eleventh. Nice thought btw. But then from the amount of Biology I know, I guess even a blind person cannot visualize the other dimensions. Neways, Good post.
The visionary has visualized excessively.good imagination transferred rightly from brain to computer.keep rocking...
"the indian amazon"
Firstly a neat and well organized post. Good... and also that u have resorted to more unvisualizeable topics which makes it further interesting. As anerudhan rightly said, dimensions are boundless and can be explained in terms of various parameters and not mere coordinates........
I feel that none of the examples that you have used are multi dimensional in the microscopic sense. Even temperature can be boiled down to the 3 dimensional vibration of the individual molecules. Of course, time, considered by most as the fourth dimension, is not readily integrable into the 3 dimensional scheme.
Your ideas of visualization are quite thought inspiring. It is of course quite possible, theoretically, to help a visually challenged man "see", by stimulating the appropriate nerve endings that respond to changes in state of the retina. But all this is conjecture and it may not practically be possible to realize this. However, I believe research is going on regarding the problems disabled people face. Some of this comes under the much vaunted field of brain mapping.
surreal vortex gupta,
I guess you have not quite got my point.
You say that time is not readily integrable in 3D and stuff.
Thats because you seem to be bounded by the thought that dimension is physical.Remember what i said da:
I don consider dimension to be physical always.Its sometimes abstract.
i recently read an article on EVERETT's "multi-dimensional theory" in the net..i also happened to read a book by michael chrikton on quantum physics which used the theory of multi dimensional theory as its base and it inspired me so much!!but i always had a problem visualising the things that were explained in it..your blog was simple yet strongly influenced my perception of things!exactly 15 minutes ago,i was going thro' an extremely complicated model called the E8 model(dunno f u ve heard f it)..t s a model which is used to link the elementary forces of the universe namely GRAVITY,ELECTROMAGNETISM,STRONG AND WEAK NUCLEAR forces!the model is terribly complex with its 248 dimensions and is the only existing theory which explains everything in the universe and is called "THEORY OF EVERYTHING" and it made me luk small:(!!k..so all tat m trying to tell is tat anything and everything in the universe is relative!!visualisation as such is relative..but it definitely does have an influence on others'(lik hw a blind man's visualisation had an effect on u nd lik hw urs had an effect on me n t goes on..)..n so everyhting ends up in da CHAOS THEORY!!:):)
"Now THINK and tell, who is visually challenged? Is it the one who is totally dependent on light or the one who is unaffected by light- one who can “see” all the time?"- dis is wat actually caught my interest(more than the other "thots")in the whole post.
A visually potent person(a person who can SEE) has something as a basis to build his/her imagination. Take a person who is blind(i hope i don't sound crass),he/she 'visualizes' objects according to the potential within him/herself to conceive or assume! And that potential (or the ability to IMAGINE) is not something every person is bestowed upon.So, comparatively, a person who has even a little bedrock(courtesy-light)of visualization is definitely less challenged than a person who has absolutely no clue about what "viewing" actually means or feels like!!So,in my opinion,a blind man is the more "challenged" one!
"Dimensions are not always specific to physical attributes. They can also be abstract parameters that are independent of one another." one more thing i would like 2 rebut about!!;) "abstract" is a feeling, a quality or an idea-things you just cant measure!yup, you can say they can be independent,probably, but,u cant figure out dimensions for an abstract attribute, can u?!
Amazing train of thoughts,though,krish!! :) And i appreciate the way you have organised your thoughts!! :) keep "visualizing" more and posting them ;) ;)
For what stops you, also has the potential to inspire you!!!
very good! very neat piece.well thought,well written!
sindhuja
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