"Synaesthesia means the sensory receptors in the brain are cross-wired so that sounds are felt, tastes are smelled, sensations are heard, &c. Many people experience this to some minor degree (you feel that Wednesdays are purple, for example). "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia
http://otherthings.com/uw/syn/
http://web.mit.edu/synesthesia/www/synesthesia.html
whoa.
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My doctoral lecture recital was entitled "Synaesthesia and the Stile Oiseau : Olivier Messiaen's Petite Esquisses d'Oiseaux".
Messiaen saw these crazy complexes of color when he heard musical sonorities, like a field of smoky purple with veins of gold and flecks of white. All you can do is take his word for it, I guess! I always did feel like D Major was kinda yellow, but I didn't actually see the color as these people supposedly do.
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