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syn·es·the·sia: n.

1.A condition in which one type of stimulation evokes the sensation of another, as when the hearing of a sound produces the visualization of a color.
2.A sensation felt in one part of the body as a result of stimulus applied to another, as in referred pain.
3.The description of one kind of sense impression by using words that normally describe another.


Mixed Signals: Synesthesia Online <--- Interesting website.

I was going to post about this last night...but then Mea decided that we had to go to the mall and I closed the window without posting by mistake.

I was just mulling over some thoughts on the subject. I've always had a few mental asciations that get me funny looks. Many of you have heard me decribing food that is spicy to then point of tongue-numbing as tasting "grey"

I've also always thought of a number of different places in terms of color. Dallas is pink with silver sparkles. Philadelphia is brick red and slate grey, but "Philly" is a mix of steel blue and sky blue. Forth Worth is sky blue and white. Baltimore is orange- that's streetlight orange, not Oriole orange. DC is white and grass green. Indiana is Violet (Ok, that was a really dumb joke. Indiana is actually chocolate brown.) Arlington (Texas) is yellow.

What prompted the intention to post yesterday was me listening to some songs on my ipod, and even thought I wasn't paying much attention, I realized that I was thinking of particular patterns and colors in reference to various songs...and realizing that these were not new. For example, a couple of songs by a group called Au Revior Borealis make me think of floral patterns in dark brown, burgundy, cream and deep teal. "Hanging By A Moment" by Lifehouse is very spirally. "Cry Ophelia" by Adam Cohen is gold like wheat. "So Few Words" by Archive is metallic gunmetal grey with various shades of pink lights.

Don't think I'd slap a label on me, but it is fascinating. Definitely a description for some of my thoughts.