You've never watched the swirling of your ceiling with such intensity that your eyes begin to trace the movements of certain shapes and transformations? Sure, they occur without the need to move ones eyes, but this does not mean that it doesn't effect the nature with which ones eyes move, or that with guidance, it can't. If what you are looking for is a representation of geometric or flow-type patterns, this method would yield results representational of those patterns, given the participants willingness to involve themselves. If you are looking for visual representations of visions, I think you are thinking of something other than patterns.

I am curious to know if anyone has ever felt patterns, without seeing them. This is a common occurrence for SWIM, and he has drawn them on many occasions, has quite a collection going. I would be interested to compare drawings of felt patterns made by different people to see if there are similarities.