[Q] Flashes of insight

[paigetheoracle]

I've noticed that when I get ideas or feel inspired, I see a flash of light above my right eye (no, not a flying saucer or light in the sky - purely internal) - does anyone know what causes this and in what part of the brain? Is this the reason historically, that light bulbs are used to indicate a flash of inspiration?

 

Lastly, recently I've noticed that when angry I get a corresponding dark spot in front of my eye - what causes this, the light going out?:naughty:

[Donk]

With me, it's auditory.

 

Many small pieces of a puzzle joining up into a sudden understanding makes a sound like a tinkerbell fairy.

 

Or I've been struggling with something for ages; suddenly I "get it", and realise I've been looking at the problem in completely the wrong way. That's a Big Ben type "BONG!!"

 

Or the realisation that I've made a hideous mistake, and it's going to take ages / cost a fortune / be impossible to put right: that's a sound like a heavy lump of lead falling on to concrete from a great height. :naughty:

[paigetheoracle]

With me, it's auditory.

 

Many small pieces of a puzzle joining up into a sudden understanding makes a sound like a tinkerbell fairy.

 

Or I've been struggling with something for ages; suddenly I "get it", and realise I've been looking at the problem in completely the wrong way. That's a Big Ben type "BONG!!"

 

Or the realisation that I've made a hideous mistake, and it's going to take ages / cost a fortune / be impossible to put right: that's a sound like a heavy lump of lead falling on to concrete from a great height. :(

 

Makes me think of synaesthesia and the way, the senses can be muddled but have the same root cause and also the extraordinary way that people see that certain sounds are 'rounded' or 'sharp' plus also how we mix descriptions, sensory wise (Apparently we start out this way but most people end up filtering their senses into separate ones: The descriptions of this phenomena reminds me of The Slit Experiment in physics and it proving light is both waves and particles at the same time - still can't get my head round that either!).