On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:33:01 +1000, Trish Brown wrote:


When my son was one year old, he was absolutely silent. He never said
'Mama' or 'Dada' or *anything*! Yet, at the same time, he could complete
quite complicated jigsaw puzzles *upside down* (ie without the pattern
showing, just the blank back). He can play seven different musical
instruments (piano, violin, clarinet, flute, harp, bass recorder and
guitar) quite well, yet he has difficulty telling the time. He paints,
knits, embroiders, gardens - yet no one will employ him because he is so
'absent minded'. Oh, and if he goes walking on a lawn, he will usually
come back with a fistful of four-leaf clovers because they 'leap out' at
him from the grass. ;-D

Yep, the jig-saws are the give away he has excellent skills at shape
recognition. So long as the jigsaw has every piece cut in a unique shape,
anyone can do it. Us mere mortals prefer the assistance of colour
matching as well.

Music has patterns,



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