Synesthesia

This video was part of a design project that I did for an art class. I experience something called Synesthesia, which literally means "a union of the senses". Basically, I "see" colors and shapes when I hear music. For example, I play piano and I associate a specific color for every chord on the instrument.

My art project explained what Synesthesia entails and gave a glimpse into the mind of someone who experiences this phenomena (me). I used my color-sound associations to create these videos.

So, I'm not using LSD. Let me just get that out of the way. It's just natural to me. However, I don't think Synesthesia is a "condition", per se. I think everyone's senses are connected in this way, but the fact that I'm very sensitive to color and sound (I'm artistic and musical) allows me to realize the full effect of what I'm experiencing. Everyone has a unique brains, yes, but the potential for there to be certain "wiring" is there, right? I guess we'll find out with future studies in neurology.
The Beatle's song "Here Comes The Sun" is one of The Beatles' happiest songs because the melody is uplifting and at a fairly fast tempo, but more importantly the song is written in A Major. To me, A Major is the happiest chord because it makes me "feel" a bright, sweet lemon yellow. So who knows. Mabe that's what the song does to you, as well, but you didn't realize that's what was going on. All I know is that the song wouldn't have the same effect on me if it were written in an other key.

Here are the three choices of music for this video:

The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
Claude Debussy

The Last Man
From the motion picture, The Fountain

Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
The Beatles

Enjoy!

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• synesthesia
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• synesthete
• neurology
• brain
• chemistry
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• sounds
• color
• sound
• senses

[Cerratosaurus]

@cometfireato2 Haha, yeah, I guess so. But with meaning!

[Cerratosaurus]

@ESicky, thanks! I'm honored.^_^

[GOLDENARMY1000]

0:44 could someone please let me know where this music is from? Thank you

[Cerratosaurus]

@GOLDENARMY1000

1. "La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)" – from Claude Debussy's first book of preludes

2. "The Last Man" – from The Fountain soundtrack

3. "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" – The Beatles (off of the Sgt. Pepper album)

[vac978]

i have th same thing but i see colours when i read...for example "a" is red!

[Cerratosaurus]

@vac978 "A" is red for me, too!

[Pianoasis]

I WANT SYNESTHESIA! HOW CAN I GET IT?

[facitponitnam]

that is NOTHING like what I saw! but it was very well done. :) it'd probably be very informational to someone who doesn't experience synesthesia.

[TheTerrificTurtle]

The thing to remember is, for us synesthestes, we cant really know what its like not to experience the reactions to stimulus that are characteristic of our conditon, so when people say to me, do u love ur synesthesia, its kinda like asking me to put myself outside of my own perception, because for me to appreciate synesthesia i must juxtapose it with non synesthesia, which i canot do. so really i am glad to just have a mind with idiosyncratic productions, which is ubiquitous in humanity anyway.

[VAcylia97]

hey I think Ive got synesthesia too.but I see colors when I read.a->red b->pink c->green d->its kinda neutral cause like other letters like h it takes the colour of the other letters e->orange f->purple g->neutral h->mentol colour(sth like this) i->white j->neutral k->greenish yellow l->neutral m->neutral n->sky blue o->deep blue p->brown q->light grey r->neutral s->grey t->sth like light brown and grey toghether u->grey v->purple w->dark blue-purple x->bluepurple y->grey z-dark grey

love it!

[Aphroditeuf16]

Do you like having synesthesia? It just seems like a fun way to see the world.

[cometfireato2]

that piano melody is perfect

[cometfireato2]

So it's kinda like windows media visualztion vision

[ESicky]

I use this video to explain my synesthesia to my friends! Thanks for making it!