Autism and the Nautilus

The
core
"challenge"

of Autism

and farther out

in

Broader Autism Phenotype

seems to be

a disconnect
of

Emotion
and Language.


At
core,

perhaps

Alexithymia

and Autism is one.


The drive

for

reciprocal

social communication

among
Social Animals

is so
strong,
 
 one cannot help

but think

that

Creativity


or

"Creation Activity"

in all
its forms

is

driven in
core

by
those
 
 who look to find
that connection

in Reciprocal
Social Communication
with
others

and

cannot

find
it

easily.
One
sees
that

"expressionless face"

of

reciprocal
social communication

in messages

of

"Creation Activity"

from

Poets, Writers,
Painters, Musicians,
Mechanics, Carpenters,
Architects, Software Engineers,


and anyone else


that spends
their life
in

Creation
Activity.


The End Result

is

everything
we see
around us,

"man-I-fest"

by the

Human
Species.


One

is

fascinated

by
patterns

in
Nature.


Among
one's
favorites

are

Nautilus
Shells,
Fetuses,
Hurricanes,
and Galaxies.


One's
School Logo
is a Nautilus Shell,

which by Synchronicity
 
 or

Coincidence

one was
born with
three at birth,

later graduating

with

three at twenty-three.
One also spent life
in a "Nautilus" Shell

in an attempt
to become stronger

aided by
that advantage

in Exercise
Technology,
 provided
by culture

for
some

who are

born weaker

than others are.


One's school

Motto,
 coming from

Oliver Wendell Holmes

and his poem about the Nautilus

is:
 
"Build Thee
More Stately Mansions"

                                                   

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Nautilus_Palau.JPG
 

It took one longer

to Build one

than most

but one started
here,

linked below,

in music

that has finally

become

words.


One note

led to

one note

led to

another

and
finally

a
structure

of
notes

became

one.


Years after,

there was a word,

a sentence, a paragraph,

and

finally


a

"Mansion"

that
continues
to
grow. It
appears

to one
now

that

the Human
Species

and all that comes from it

is "man-I-fest"

of when

"I"

becomes

more
fully aware


of "AM" that "IS".


Shell becomes ONE
with Nautilus.
One could not identify
an emotion

in one'sMusic,

but
one thinks one
finds
a word
to
describe
it.

Nautilus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SApGpWf2dg
Note:
Does not playback well on mobile devices,
but okay on desktops at low volume.

What
one perceives,

when
listening
to it,

is
a spiraling 

motion
of
notes

in
mind

that
has
no end

but
"One"


Link to Informal Poll and Discussion
on whether or not people on the spectrum
can relate to the Autism and Nautilus Metaphor
from the Wrong Planet website:

http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt229721.html


Another Place to find
"the Nautilus",
in

a "Duckyway". :)

http://katiemiaaghogday.blogspot.com/2013/05/autism-and-duckyway.html



The
song
"Closer to the Heart"
by
"Rush" ,

seems to

"Catch the Spirit"

of what
one
is

trying to communicate:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quBCjo2rUZg

Autism, the Internet and "Ideological First Identity", a Collection of Thoughts:

http://katiemiaaghogday.blogspot.com/2013/05/autism-internet-and-ideological-first.html

  One's
Blog Post
that goes into
more detail

about one's experience
with Alexithymia
and Music,

is linked below:

http://katiemiaaghogday.blogspot.com/2013/03/challenging-alexithymia-with-music.html

"AutisticS Peeks!"


It's Good

to Hear

ya
:)!
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Autistic Spectrum
Perception

and

Perspective



"A Thousand Years"

by Christina Perri
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdygEzfbhqc

...

Silent Lucidity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhat-xUQ6dw

by Queensryche


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SEEin eLeVN

http://katiemiaaghogday.blogspot.com/2013/06/seein-eleven.html

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TWELVE
twElve


http://katiemiaaghogday.blogspot.com/2013/06/twelve.html



A
Message...


...Language is A Universe of Expression...


It starts with Stars...


4 digits...



and a
Prehensile
Thumb...

People
Sketching
Angles In Sand...

Reflecting Stars In Sky...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGK84Poeynk

Symphony of Science
"We Are All Connected"

...

"All the World's a Stage"
...William Shakespeare...
Existing Eyes of Universe ONEALLNOWFOREVERMORE ll
http://katiemiaaghogday.blogspot.com/2013/07/existing-eyes-of-universe_3.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbPxUxNtVR8

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Written in the Stone
by
Earth Wind
and

Fire!

AS Above!
Is
Below!
V
*
A
Hawk
Standing!
on
the
FEAT!
of PEACE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwlsziopzmQ

Challenging Alexithymia with Music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SApGpWf2dg

"Challenging Alexithymia" by KATiE MiA/Aghogday
AKA "Nautilus", linked in the Blog post below. :)


Autism and the Nautilus:

http://katiemiaaghogday.blogspot.com/2013/04/autism-and-nautilus.html


I struggled with Alexithymia, off and on, during the course of my life.

The Piano helped me gain access and a language for emotions from age 12.

I also found it more fully opened a pathway of emotion in my brain, enhancing my verbal speaking skills in connecting with people.  My fine motor skills were not good, but never the less, I could play by sheet music well enough to gain a benefit.

My emotions were also generated by the "Spirit of Radio".  It seems like the "Spirit" of "Complex Emotion" and "Meaningful" lyrics in music is fading with time, with all the new available avenues to stimulate one's mind.


"The Spirit of Radio" by Rush:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ84JkYDa3U

My favorite song to generate emotion from playing piano by Sheet Music is "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pPvNqOb6RA

I found much of my emotion in nature.  The song linked below, "Moonlight Feels Right", gives me a feeling of Moonlight, from a gifted musician who found a way to adequately describe moonlight in music and lyrics, in a nuanced upbeat way.  It is one of the few songs, I don't get tired of listening to.  It is mesmerizing to me in a happy way.


"Moonlight Feels Right" by Starbuck:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwOirZ-rg6Q

I always wanted to create music without a guide, and during a period of chronic stress when I found myself losing all connection to emotions, the result was the Piano music I now call "Challenging Alexithymia With Music" and "Nautilus".  I finally took the time recently to upload it to a YouTube video format, from a low quality recording I had off of a voice recorder.

Interestingly, part of how I was diagnosed with Alexithymia was when I could not describe an emotion for the music that I suddenly was able to create.

My spouse's brother has a gift of emotional insight.  He described the music as "a lonely ghost wandering the earth, not realizing they were dead".  My spouse had previously described it as what sounded like "a tortured soul".

I doubt anyone who has not experienced Alexithymia can personally relate to the music, in the context of Alexithymia.  Never the less, there may be someone out there that can. :)

Note:

The recording volume for this music plays very low on mobile phones and tablets.  The music sounds distorted when the volume is turned up.

I attempted a louder recording input version at this link: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkr5RSLmZnI
 
It plays at increased volume, however it still may sound distorted on mobile phones and tablets.

The sound does not seem distorted on Desktop computers at low volume.

A "Timeless" Song

"Dream Weaver" by Gary Wright:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-DmAh0dObI

I created a poll on the Wrong Planet website, linked below, where the issue of Alexithymia and whether or not emotions were evoked from the music and could be described in words, was discussed in detail.

http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt225739.html


Autism, the Internet and "Ideological First Identity", a Collection of Thoughts:

http://katiemiaaghogday.blogspot.com/2013/05/autism-internet-and-ideological-first.html

"AutisticS Peeks!"


It's Good

to Hear

ya
:)!
*

(:@@
@:)
!*



AS
P:
Autistic Spectrum
Perception

and

Perspective