[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Fwd: Fw: Blind sight
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 11:55:59 -0700 (PDT)
I wish I had it. It wold add an ineresting dimension
to life.
Cindy
--- Carrie Karnos <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Kasondra,
>
> It sounds like you have the most common form of
> synesthesia, a blending of 2 disparate senses, where
> letters and digits have colors. My daughter has it
> too, and she KNOWS that a's are red, b's are orange,
> c's are yellow, etc. There's a book (actually 2
> editions) called Synesthesia written by Richard
> Cytowic. Someone was going to submit it, but I
> don't think it ever was. But I believe there are
> websites where you can learn more about it. There's
> a group in London studying it too. I remember my
> daughter filled out a form for them, to be used in
> their research. There's also a theory that everyone
> is born with synesthesia but as we mature, the
> sensations are usually separated. Hard to prove
> that one way or the other.
>
> HTH, Carrie
>
> Kasondra Payne <Kassyp36@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> There was something in the original post about blind
> people visualizing
> Braille characters with colors. I have always done
> that. The letter u is
> blue, and l is a shade of orange, and a is white. I
> see colors, so this is
> not a stretch. I see print letters in very much the
> same way. I also
> visualize numbers, days of the week, months, and
> other concepts. I don't
> think I have ever tried to explain this to anyone
> before, but I have done it
> since I was very young. By the way, I use the same
> visualizations whether I
> am working in Spanish or English. Well, here are my
> weird thoughts.
>
> Kasondra Payne
>
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