O Symdiy, Symdiy
Wherefore Art Thou Symdiy?
Symdiy (Sim Dee Eye Why) is a nod to the Sympathetic Marketing movement (circa 2014) that prioritizes empathy over extraction. We carry that spirit forward with a DIY process that helps you discover your own way of being.
Huginn and Muninn
Thought and Memory
Catalyst
Aphantasia
I was shocked last fall (2025) when I discovered I have aphantasia—a “blind mind’s eye.” Soon after, I realized my mind is also deaf and mute! My inner world is silent, still, and devoid of images and verbal dialogue.
I initially tried to ‘fix’ it, standing at a silent threshold I couldn’t cross by will alone. My Lucid Archive sat just beyond my reach—inaccessible by day, yet vivid and alive in my dreams
Revelation
Cruelty Gap
The shift came when I stopped trying to cure my way of being and started accepting it. Because my internal screen is blank, I see the world differently.
In that stillness, I began to see Cruelty Gaps—the friction that forms when we misunderstand one another because our hidden scripts don’t match.
We assume others experience the world as we do. We forget that your mind might be a vibrant Midgard while mine is a quiet, snowy Niflheim. When these scripts don’t match, we mistake different wiring for malice.
Mission
Self Discovery Hub
Carl Jung said that until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate. Symdiy exists to close those gaps.
From the vibrant Midgard of a visual mind to the quiet, snowy Niflheim of aphantasia, Symdiy is a hub for closing the ‘Cruelty Gaps’ that divide us. I’m here to help you build a life that honors exactly how you’re wired.
My name is Cheryl Hutchinson. I write and build as Otr—an alter ego who serves as your guide through the Otter-verse.
Join the mission.
— Otr 🐾