Do you think in words?

[abu nuwas]

I naturally did a little test after posting that - just staring blankly at some buildings and scenery. It seemed as though the 'think in words' process continued, but much slower. Looking at a mass of brick-work, say, you cannot name all the bricks, and if you think of them as 'wall' unless you are interested in that sort of thing, you will not know the names for various architectural features, so blankness and a few bundle words seem to come more easily. Then scanning a whole scene seems of itself to take up enough brain to keep words at a low level. Eyes shut is another matter, of course.

Thinking on, it occurs to me that when we think of stimuli, it makes entire sense that the mind moves into a mode where it is both taking in, and being ready to stick words to everything, and on the words, if we have it in mind, some metre. Which relates back to another thread altogether. Now, time to kip.