this is very true also!
although due to this tendency i have a lot of problem with the especially chaotic surrounding of where i live (seoul, south korea! blerg! very crowded and chaotic! and full of stuff not really aesthetically harmonising) i become completely dead-focused to things like certain typefaces i discover.. certain typography / typefaces that are based upon geometric principles.. and geometric allignment, structure, neatness, refinedness, balance, variation of things.. it's almost as if i see some sort of superiority / inferiority values of the objects i see in terms of how they are geometrically more appealing / stimulating / refined / prime / emotive and which principles are behind it and so on.. same goes with colour coordination, music and so on.. somehow this affects also the romantic side of relationship which i find quite difficult.. because it keeps narrowing things down.. almost like.. when i stroll around the city, when i find an intriguing logo shape or something i become dead-concentrated on it, dead-attached to it.. and when i go home i have to draw the same pattern or analyse them or something so that i might decode the principle behind it and sort of figure out how to gain such ability myself over time (deduction and then induction)? ... (blerg.. i wrote too much again!)
also another weird habit i had was i had to keep looking directly at the sun whenever the teacher made students stand in the playground for long long hours otherwise i felt very uncomfortable :-0
so i guess this could be a bit of both - certain degree of disability in so called normal or so called social lifestyle but then again this makes me appreciate the subtleties in things.. although i get emotionally trapped too often and get bored with most of the stuff that is going on aesthetically / sensory-wise..
so im not sure what this really is .. OCD or whatever Lol.. but was sort of curious.. and cheers a lot for letting me know and reflect abit! its been quite helpful