Mood: lyrical
Now Playing: Colors-(spoken word)-Ken Nordine
Topic: Synesthesia
This morning on NPR, I heard a story that intrigued me. There is this condition called "synesthesia" where people hear colors, or a color is triggered by cerstain numbers or sounds. The phenomena is rare. The woman that they covered in the story is named Laura Rosser, and she plays the piano. When she composes, she basically paints with music (in her mind). She related a story of painting her bedroom periwinkle and putting yellow sheets on her bed. While other people thought it looked fine, something didn't feel right to her. She played the colors on her piano and figured out that it was a "tri-tone" The notes that represented the two colors, when played together were just enough of a degree apart that they create a certain dischord. In medieval times the particular tritone of these colors was known as the "Devil's tritone"!!! No wonder she was bothered!! (for the full, and fascinating story go to www.npr.org she is covered on today's morning edition.)
In Synesthetes, one stimulus crosses the boundries and touches off reactions in several parts of the brain. I imagine it is similar to the way that smell and taste influence one onother. I am intrigued. This is a function of expanded consciousness. The brain is wired to fire on more than the usual circuits. I wonder what it takes to develop this kind of awareness. I know that there are different types. I wonder how many of us have this in different ways-AND DON"T EVEN KNOW! I wonder how many questions there are? I wonder what my mandalas would sound like!
It is said that creation began with sound. Whether "the BIG BANG" or with God's voice "Let there be light!" ~OM~
Posted by mandalafly
at 9:52 AM PDT
Updated: Monday, April 18, 2005 10:55 AM PDT