If you hear a really loud sound do you see a flash of colour? If you saw a videotape of a crash or flying birds without the sound… can you hear the crash or the birds fly anyway?
Can you hear butterflies flying or a rabbit hopping? If you answered yes to any of these questions you could have Synesthesia.
Synesthesia occurs when the brain inter-mingles the senses. There are many kinds … too numerous to explain (you can always read the Wikipedia article on it if you want to know more). In my instance…. I can answer yes to all the questions above, plus some more. Mostly, I can sometimes hear what I see and sometimes I can see what I hear. Not really sure how this came about. Mozart is said to have suffered from this kind of synesthesia and described certain notes as having particular colours. For me, my cross-perceptions are not that specific. For some strange reason, the number 5 is blue for me. Not 1, 2, 3 or 235... no other colour has a colour association. But for me 5 is blue (which is my favourite colour).
Some of my paintings have allusions to Synesthesia. One in particular “Crescendo” is entirely music put to canvas. The funny thing is … it was not inspired by any specific musical piece at all. But each time I see it … I can hear the painting sing back at me. “Painting the Sounds” is another. I will feature both in separate posts to come.
Have fun!
Can you hear butterflies flying or a rabbit hopping? If you answered yes to any of these questions you could have Synesthesia.
Synesthesia occurs when the brain inter-mingles the senses. There are many kinds … too numerous to explain (you can always read the Wikipedia article on it if you want to know more). In my instance…. I can answer yes to all the questions above, plus some more. Mostly, I can sometimes hear what I see and sometimes I can see what I hear. Not really sure how this came about. Mozart is said to have suffered from this kind of synesthesia and described certain notes as having particular colours. For me, my cross-perceptions are not that specific. For some strange reason, the number 5 is blue for me. Not 1, 2, 3 or 235... no other colour has a colour association. But for me 5 is blue (which is my favourite colour).
Some of my paintings have allusions to Synesthesia. One in particular “Crescendo” is entirely music put to canvas. The funny thing is … it was not inspired by any specific musical piece at all. But each time I see it … I can hear the painting sing back at me. “Painting the Sounds” is another. I will feature both in separate posts to come.
Have fun!
Image Title: Choir of colours
Medium: Digital photography
Dimensions: n/a
Copyright: G. C. Gunter
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