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  1. 09-14-2008, 06:52 PM #1
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    Default Synesthetes?

    It's always fun to find out who has it. (I've been told by a friend that I have an orangish-yellow aura. )

    I'm a numbers form, and I can't think of a particular moment in time without seeing in some position relative to me in space. I don't smell my sounds though.
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    I'm sorry....were you just speaking english?

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    PrairieRose,

    I agree with you. I just wanted to say "WHAT?"
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    Bah! Synesthesia is a condition that causes your senses to get mixed up, to put it in 'English'.

    Those people you hear about who think that numbers have personalities or that letters have colors associated with the? That's what they have. Sometimes they see colors when they taste things or feel sensations associated with certain sounds. I really wish I had a cooler one.

    One in about 1K people have it, I think. There have to be others here.
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    Hi,

    I don't have that myself but I've read about artists who see emotions as colours and musicians who hear sounds as emotions and things.
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    Don't have it here, but have watched some fascinating stuff on it.
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    I have it...I associate certain sounds with colour and texture, and certain numbers with certain shapes...I can also tell by listening whether running water is hot or cold...yes, I know, but what can I say?
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    Quote Originally Posted by daughter of pearl View Post
    I have it...I associate certain sounds with colour and texture, and certain numbers with certain shapes...I can also tell by listening whether running water is hot or cold...yes, I know, but what can I say?
    That's really cool... how did you figure out about the water thing?

    My daughter has been telling me about the crazy little personalities of her numbers. It had occurred to me that she's one as well, but I'm pretty sure she was just being silly.
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    Artist: The Bobs
    Song: Synaesthesia
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    (c) 1989 Gunnar Madsen, Richard Greene and Joe Finetti,
    Best of Breed Music (ASCAP)
    All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
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    As a baby in my mother's arms
    She would croon and I'd see pink
    And when she'd bathe me in the sink
    The radio would play red or green or lavender
    When the Beatles sing it's a yellow thing
    Yeah, the Stones are always purple
    Every melody that I hear
    Fills my mind with colors bright and beautiful

    SYNAESTHESIA
    If everyone could see the things that I hear
    SYNAESTHESIA
    A giant box of Crayolas in my ear

    With my new CD I'm in ecstasy
    I can see beyond the rainbow
    Heavy metal is ultraviolet
    It's unhealthy but I love that copper tone glow

    SYNAESTHESIA
    If everyone could see the things that I hear
    SYNAESTHESIA
    A giant box of Crayolas in my ear

    But when I leave my home, it's a dangerous thing
    Cause people will whistle, and people will sing
    I can't see straight in the shopping mall
    Cause music's playin' wall to wall
    And the boom-boom cars make me see stars
    I never, never, never, never go to bars
    The jukebox makes the girls turn green
    Nobody knows the things I've seen
    (nobody knows the things he's seen)

    After a long hard day, I need to see some grey
    Or at least some muted earth tones
    A new-age dulcet dulcimer
    Some whales, a bamboo flute, a rainforest -- But
    please, no saxophones.

    SYNAESTHESIA
    If everyone could see the things that I hear
    SYNAESTHESIA
    A giant box of Crayolas in my ear -- stuck in my ear
    http://www.bobs.com/Lyrics.cgi?Synaesthesia

    Sadly, can't find a place to listen to it online. I LOVE "The Bobs" tho.
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    I love the Bobs too...they are awesome! Thanks for the link...re: the water, my mom noticed it when I was a kid...I`d be standing across the room and say ``the water`s getting too hot`and originally she just thought I was CRAZY but I guess I did it often enough that she realized there was something to it...to me they sound completely different...cold water is a much higher pitch...
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    full blown synesthete here. color and sound cross, some colors have scent and taste.
    1 in 1000? I'm married to a synesthete, too.
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