tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297631190403710992.post2917945645104296695..comments2024-03-27T14:34:57.325-04:00Comments on Through a Glass, Darkly: SynesthesiaM.K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09205619221345704689noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297631190403710992.post-3715443815167653242009-11-06T22:14:39.468-05:002009-11-06T22:14:39.468-05:00Also, as I have gotten older the colors and shapes...Also, as I have gotten older the colors and shapes are losing their vibrancy. With several, 3, 4, and 5, even 6, the shapes are losing their distinctness. These numbers are becoming progressively more color and less shape. Probably some function of my age.Adam Christiansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13829293818528209342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297631190403710992.post-22077350843455928732009-11-06T22:10:15.427-05:002009-11-06T22:10:15.427-05:00I don't get watches with numbers on the face b...I don't get watches with numbers on the face because all of the ones with the zero across the top is just an ugly arrangement of numbers.<br /><br />I think that numbers are more real to me than other people. I had a mild crisis in college concerning mathematics when I wondered how real numbers/mathematics really was. Was Mathematics just a system that had a pleasant correlation to reality, or did mathematics describe real structures.<br /><br />I have a saying that I like, "If you want to know what God thinks, study the Scriptures. If you want to know how He thinks, study mathematics."<br /><br />Also, other number like pi, e, i, and phi have color and shape to me. Roman numerals do as well, but Greek numbers which are lower case letters do not, even in Greek geometry text. I have often wondered why.Adam Christiansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13829293818528209342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297631190403710992.post-56918929972689858192009-11-06T18:36:38.736-05:002009-11-06T18:36:38.736-05:00Well that's pretty interesting -- 3 other syne...Well that's pretty interesting -- 3 other synesthetes among folks I know :) It is such a fascinating topic. Suzanne, I don't know if you're actually supposed to SEE the colors themselves -- like see them with your eyes. From what I read, synesthetes don't actually see or smell these things, but they detect them in their brains. Some refer to it as seeing them "in their mind's eye." Adam sees the same numbers on the page as I do. The impression is in the mind, I guess. When I asked him to describe them all, and draw them out for me, he had to concentrate hard to do some of them, to actually "visualize" them.M.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09205619221345704689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297631190403710992.post-25832909792095982852009-11-06T10:30:23.862-05:002009-11-06T10:30:23.862-05:00Hi! It's Suz and Lizzy (you remember, Miss Mic...Hi! It's Suz and Lizzy (you remember, Miss Michelle's daughters!) and we wanted to comment on your very fascinating post!<br /><br />Lizzy and I do smells a bit like the way Mr. C. does numbers. We describe smell with colours. People give you really funny looks when you say, "That smells green!" Like, lime crayon green--that's usually apples. Now we don't see the smells in those colours, but when asked, "what did it smell like?" the answer almost invariably includes a colour. And this colour doesn't usually correspond with the colour of the object. For example, appples smell green to me. >.> Lime green. But fresh-cut grass smells like watermelon wich is vaguely pinkish.<br /><br />So it may not be true synesthesia, since we don't actually see the colours. But asked to describe it...you get interesting answers from us. :3 I just thought I'd share.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297631190403710992.post-7369419187584687452009-11-06T00:31:45.023-05:002009-11-06T00:31:45.023-05:00Very cool! I love stuff like this! I accidentally ...Very cool! I love stuff like this! I accidentally found out I have synesthesia in the last year. I came across an article about it when I was researching other learning issues. Mine has to do with sequences & spatial locations. For example, ever since I can remember, the calendar has been associated with a perceived location in space. I basically "see" dates. I had always thought it was perfectly normal. <br />Here is another site you may find interesting: http://www.synesthete.orggingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04036735428853040596noreply@blogger.com