For those that don't know what it is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia
For those that are too lazy to click:
Synesthesia (also spelled
synæsthesia or synaesthesia,
plural synesthesiæ or
synæsthesiæ), from the ancient Greek
σύν
(syn), "together," and
αἴσθησις (aisthēsis), "sensation," is a
neurological condition in which stimulation of one
sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary
experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway.
I just learnt I have Sound->Colour synesthesia, seeing music
as a bunch of...things in my mind (or mind's eye). Sometimes it
appears as a bunch of poorly drawn, scraggly animation, othertimes
it's a vivid picture for the duration of the sound. To make it
easier to imagine, a bass drum in a part of a song appears as a
grey splot of paint, but changes in intensity, shape and size
depending on whether other instruments are also playing at that
time. A drum roll usually brings up an image of many
Uno-stacko/Jenga blocks rapidly being stacked up before tumbling
over (on the cymbal crash at the end of the roll).
The best representation I could show, just that music/sound
instead of taste is the trigger of the visuals:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyah49_Oz78
I'm curious to know if anyone here also has synesthesia :o,
maybe of different types. I don't know anyone around me that
does.
