In the case of non-signlike visual experiences, the visual experience of the physical environment primes conceptualizers to evoke the appropriate conceptual metaphors in the production and interpretation processes.
The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker
Now, sedulously, described as neurodivergent or on the spectrum, he would formerly have just been called simple, a term that more closely approaches the tenderness and heartache he inspires.
His downcast eyes seemed to pursue the vision which Millner's words evoked; and the words, to their speaker, took on a new sound as that candid consciousness refracted them.