Synesthesia

Here's a bit of trivia about myself.

Ever since I can remember I've experienced the world through colors. Sounds, tastes, smells, even textures are all accompanied by a color. For most of my life I simply thought that this phenomena was brought about by societal suggestions, advertsements, or images that at some point made lasting impressions.

However, one day while listening to a podcast of the NPR radio program "A Way with Words", a caller was asking about his tendency to interpret his interactions with the physical world with a colorful, metaphysical experience. The hosts then decribed a neurological condition called synesthesia. After closer examination it became very apparent that I am a bona fide "synesthete". For more information about this phenomena, I've included some links.

Synesthesia article on Wikipedia


 * [|America Synesthesia Associate]
 * [|Synesthesia Research at MIT]
 * [|Museums of the Mind]