mind's eye
Inner visual faculty
The mind's eye is the faculty of imagination or mental visualization—the ability to see things in your head rather than with your actual eyes.
I can picture her face in my mind's eye.
The phrase treats imagination as an internal organ of sight, capable of conjuring images of memories, possibilities, or things that don't exist.
Visual depiction of something
- envisionPicture in thought
- visualizeForm mental pictures
- imagineForm mental pictures
- conjureSummon by supernatural means
scene · vision · projection · depiction · rendering
Imaginative mental wandering
- daydreamConscious fantasy while awake
- inventionNew device or method
- fancyElaborate or decorative
- whimsyPlayful, capricious quality
make-believe · concoct · fabricate · invent
Recalled mental image
- recallMemory retrieval act
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
nostalgia · relive · reconstruct · evoke · summon · retrieve · revisit · retrospection
Examining one's own mind
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- meditationFocused attention practice
- self-examinationScrutiny of one's thoughts
- self-observationExamining one's own mind
picture
Visual depiction of something
conjure · scene · vision · projection · depiction · rendering
fantasy
Imaginative mental wandering
whimsy · make-believe · concoct · fabricate · invent
recollection
Recalled mental image
- recallMemory retrieval act
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
reminiscence · nostalgia · relive · reconstruct · evoke · summon · retrieve · revisit · retrospection
self-reflection
Examining one's own mind
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- meditationFocused attention practice
- self-examinationScrutiny of one's thoughts
self-observation · self-scrutiny · self-perception · inward-looking
- imaginationimagination, daydreaming, daydreams, fantasies, fantasy
- inner experienceinner life, inner world, awareness, intuition, self-reflection
- mental imagerymental image, mental picture, inner vision, visual imagery, imagination
- visual imaginationmental imagery, visualization, imagery, picturing, mental pictures
- mystic eyesspiritual vision, inner sight
- creative processimagination, brainstorming, inspiration, drafting, editing
mind's eyenaked eye
Vision without optical instruments
eyesight · direct observation · sensory perception · visual perception · empirical observation
mind's eyephysical reality
The material universe
objective reality · external world · sense organs · lived experience · sensory experience
eye, mind, remind, mindful, reminder, eyeball, mindless, eyesight, eyelid