Hello, wasn't sure what board to post this on. I'm curious to know if others and indeed if all pianists see random images or think of certain things/people when they play a piece. I get it with every piece I play, but it's nothing that's connected to the style of the piece..it's much more abstract than that. for example and this probably sounds crazy saying it out loud...the last few pieces i'I've learned and (it's always at the same part of the piece) I have had flashes into my head of random images such as - a crocodile, my sister, a girl I at my work who I have never spoken to, my friend's ex boyfriend (again..don't even know him that well) a boat on the water, a woman waiting for her husband to come back from war..and the word banana. Haha even writing it down it looks nuts! I totally get that you would associate images to do with the style of a piece..but this is just random. the only way I can describe it is as if you were recalling your dream from the night before and images flash into your head. I do have very vivid dreams every night too which I always remember, I wonder if it's how certain people's brains work, dunno. My husband for example never dreams and has no idea what i'm talking about when I mention my 'piano images' Does anyone else experience this. It's the randomness of the images that I find bizarre. I wonder what it is that prompts them?