Wordie: Synaesthesia: Comments

Comment by janusword, 25 days ago

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:47:29 +0000

http://www.mixsig.net/nexus/

synaesthesia forum. all the comment examples have been discussed there.

Comment by Shevek, about 1 month ago

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:03:14 +0000

I used to experience strong pitch-color synaesthesia, but it's gotten weaker over the years, to the point where it's now closer to timbre-color synaesthesia. It's a pity - I'm convinced synaesthesia augments talent.

Comment by yarb, 2 months ago

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:12:25 +0000

Yes, I see - between your example and weirdnet's eloquent definition.

Comment by dontcry, 2 months ago

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:17:31 +0000

When I think of a day of the week, I see an ellipse that is long and narrow. Monday is on the outside right rim. Then the rest of the weekdays come one after the other, going around the outside of the ellipse to the left, until you get to Saturday and Sunday which are on the inside rim, closest to me (my mind's eye). The weekend gets the entire "inside" rim line.

So, all day today, Friday, when I think of what day it is (in relation to yesterday or tomorrow) I'll picture the word "Friday" and it will be on the extreme left "point" of the ellipse.

See?

Comment by Prolagus, 2 months ago

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:01:42 +0000

43 versus 40, this spelling is still winning.

Comment by pterodactyl, 4 months ago

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:54:28 +0000

I'm not synaesthetic, but I have several strong associations with certain numbers, letters, and musical keys. For example:

- I associate the number five with the color red, and with aggressive, businesslike personalities.

- I associate the letter "t" with youth and shyness.

- I associate the key of E with the color green, and with pine forests.

I think it'd be fun to actually see the number five in red, but in lieu of that, I'm happy with my associations.

Comment by skipvia, 4 months ago

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:38:15 +0000

When I am improvising (and not simply playing from muscle memory), I "see" landscapes with different configurations and textures. Going in a certain direction causes me to play one way, going in another direction results in something different. I can "hear" what it will sound like before I go there. It sometimes takes me while to reach that zone where I perceive landscapes. On a good night, I get there very quickly.

Musicians are strange...

Comment by chained_bear, 4 months ago

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:45:08 +0000

Really, sarra? Hmm... I'd like to read that, if you can find it easily. Thanks!

Comment by sarra, 4 months ago

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:40:07 +0000

I think I remember reading a term, or at the very least a corroboration of your experience, c_b. I can attempt to look it up if you so fancy.

I've a comparison table of composers' colour–note/key relations too, somewhere. Everyone's synÃ¦sthesias are, delightfully, different.

Comment by chained_bear, 4 months ago

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:18:29 +0000

Plethora: Yes, I never knew it was odd until I read an article about it being some kind of phenomenon with some people... and of course for my version (if it is such a thing), there isn't even a word.

Comment by plethora, 4 months ago

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:09:15 +0000

C_b, I think I have a similar thing. I always assumed it was normal...

The mention of this word irritates me, purely because it reminds me of year 11 English and Girl with a Pearl Earring. Baaaad memories.

Comment by frindley, 4 months ago

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:41:55 +0000

Other composers who were or were possibly synÃ¦sthesic: Olivier Messiaen, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Mr Flight-of-the-Bumble-Bee), Alexander Scriabin (who included a "colour organ" in one of his pieces), GyÃ¶rgy Ligeti, Jean Sibelius

Comment by mikeropology, 6 months ago

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:04:25 +0000

He saw red, but he thought five / He was pleased to find his road trip was enhanced by number-color synesthesia: / 'My trusty Rosinante bounds along the road very well, leaving the friendly aroma of donuts and chicken tenders hanging in the desert air.'

--The Books, "An Animated Description of Mr. Maps"

Comment by chained_bear, 10 months ago

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:14:13 +0000

See also synesthesia.

I'm convinced I have some warped version of this in which inanimate objects, even concepts like "the number 5," have distinctly defined personality traits.

There was an article about synesthesia a few years ago in Smithsonian magazine (I think...).

Comment by John, 10 months ago

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 08:19:01 +0000

Amazing that colors appear not just as shades, but as defined shapes. Fascinating.

Comment by OrbitalCombustion, 10 months ago

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:15:41 +0000

Yeah for instance I see blue when I hear middle C and other colors for pitch. Pitch and color are related in the way the brain interprets them as signals. Sometimes my synesthesia will even overlap on my visual plane and not just be restricted to the minds eye. Today in my Latin course we were learning about a new declension and a green polygon and a red circle kept surfacing in front of me.

Comment by reesetee, 10 months ago

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:47:42 +0000

You do, Orbital? This whole concept fascinates me.

Comment by OrbitalCombustion, 10 months ago

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 23:52:33 +0000

Like Mr. S, Nabokov, Daniel Tammet, or Franz Liszt, I see colors when listening to music, forming ideas, or playing with numbers.