Meet The Irish Goldsmith Who Sees Nothing In His Mind
26 November 2021 - 9 minsWhen you close your eyes, do you see images? Maybe it’s a face, a memory, an idea or even a scene.
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For Mark Newman, he doesn’t see anything.
Mark has a condition known as aphantasia, which means that he has no ‘visual imagination’ and cannot create mental images in his mind.
However, Mark is also an award-winning goldsmith, and makes stunning works of art from hand.
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Speaking to Dermot and Dave, Mark explained how he came upon his diagnosis, and how he uses algorithms and theory to create his beaut...
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