Comments on: synaesthesia http://colourfulanguage.wordpress.com The diary of someone with synaesthesia Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:31:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Barbara Ryan http://colourfulanguage.wordpress.com/about/#comment-147 Barbara Ryan Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:38:39 +0000 #comment-147 hi Lauren - have only just stumbled onto your site - wasn't sure if the blog was still running - last entries - as far as I can find them - are from last year. Anyway, I very much like the 'synaesthesic friendly' presentation of your site - very visually acceptable/ easy on the eye and therfore on the other senses that are triggered by colour/layout/font etc. I have polymodal synaesthesia and many sites on the subject are a real headache - loud colours - always in the wrong colours for letters etc, very grating - they are often 'supercharged' with flashing texts, bad background layout - supposedly these sites are aimed at non synnies to give some indication on synaesthesic experience? But for me there are a nightmare - anyone else find that? i would think so. Anyway, I am also living in the UK and so wanted to get in touch - I am an artist/writer/perfumier based in the south east. I was struck by your experience of the name 'Zara' - which amazingly matches my own - and do you know it has been bugging me for months, possibly years - i could never quite explain my dislike of it until I heard another synaesthete 'speaking my language'. Not speaking 'synaesthesically' can be hard work and I sometimes feel that english is not my first language - despite being born here - rather, synaesthesia is my first language - it existed long before any more universally standardised language was introduced - with synaesthesia everything has its place and meaning - words, numbers, faces...in fact all objects/ experiences have their own synaesthesic 'rationale' and hang together 'harmoniosly' - languge - both spoken and written 'rejigs' things - they don't match up. MMmm your description of 'Zara' is identical except a thin black line runs along the top of the word at the same time that the static is experienced and that line also presses against my skin - it totally explains my aversion to it. Cheers for the website! and very much hope to hear from you, Barbara hi Lauren – have only just stumbled onto your site – wasn’t sure if the blog was still running – last entries – as far as I can find them – are from last year. Anyway, I very much like the ’synaesthesic friendly’ presentation of your site – very visually acceptable/ easy on the eye and therfore on the other senses that are triggered by colour/layout/font etc. I have polymodal synaesthesia and many sites on the subject are a real headache – loud colours – always in the wrong colours for letters etc, very grating – they are often ’supercharged’ with flashing texts, bad background layout – supposedly these sites are aimed at non synnies to give some indication on synaesthesic experience? But for me there are a nightmare – anyone else find that? i would think so.
Anyway, I am also living in the UK and so wanted to get in touch – I am an artist/writer/perfumier based in the south east. I was struck by your experience of the name ‘Zara’ – which amazingly matches my own – and do you know it has been bugging me for months, possibly years – i could never quite explain my dislike of it until I heard another synaesthete ’speaking my language’. Not speaking ’synaesthesically’ can be hard work and I sometimes feel that english is not my first language – despite being born here – rather, synaesthesia is my first language – it existed long before any more universally standardised language was introduced – with synaesthesia everything has its place and meaning – words, numbers, faces…in fact all objects/ experiences have their own synaesthesic ‘rationale’ and hang together ‘harmoniosly’ – languge – both spoken and written ‘rejigs’ things – they don’t match up. MMmm your description of ‘Zara’ is identical except a thin black line runs along the top of the word at the same time that the static is experienced and that line also presses against my skin – it totally explains my aversion to it.

Cheers for the website! and very much hope to hear from you,

Barbara

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]]> By: Daniel Van Gent http://colourfulanguage.wordpress.com/about/#comment-72 Daniel Van Gent Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:46:06 +0000 #comment-72 I have experienced since in my teens bursts of color with certain types of music. I also "see" every word when people are talking within ear shot or to directly to me. It is like reading a script whne someone is talking. This also occurs whne I speak. I had wondered about this, but now I believe it is technically Synaesthesia since both hearing and "sight" are involved. Some times, I have difficulty "erasing" the text from a sentnence that "hangs" in the "air!" This must facilitate learning or memory since two senses (hearing and visual) are involved in speech communications. I might expect that a more persons have this particular variant of Synaesthesia, but are probably not aware of it. By-the-way, I was diagnosed as dyslexic in elementary school (4th grade). Daniel Van Gent I have experienced since in my teens bursts of color with certain types of music. I also “see” every word when people are talking within ear shot or to directly to me. It is like reading a script whne someone is talking. This also occurs whne I speak.

I had wondered about this, but now I believe it is technically Synaesthesia since both hearing and “sight” are involved. Some times, I have difficulty “erasing” the text from a sentnence that “hangs” in the “air!”

This must facilitate learning or memory since two senses (hearing and visual) are involved in speech communications.

I might expect that a more persons have this particular variant of Synaesthesia, but are probably not aware of it.

By-the-way, I was diagnosed as dyslexic in elementary school (4th grade).

Daniel Van Gent

]]> By: Guillermo Ivan Diaz http://colourfulanguage.wordpress.com/about/#comment-71 Guillermo Ivan Diaz Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:13:29 +0000 #comment-71 Hi. My name is Ivan Diaz. I am in the U.S. ARMY stationed in Kuwait. I know two languages, and i am learning Arabic, French, and Italian. I was studing with a fellow classmate, and I told her that I feel different when I speak in different languages. I also mentioned that I am starting to see letters in Arabic in different colors. I see the letter A in arabic as red. I also see the word we in purlpe. I also see the congegation of that word also in purple. I also told her that I can see and feel different when I speak Spanish than when I speak English. In English, I feel like I an in suit and tie and I am in an office. When I speak in Spanish, I feel like taking over the world. When someone from Puerto Rico speaks spanish to me, i feel like music is coming out and like we are going to dance. I was disapointed. I had thought everyone did the same thing that I did. I didn't even know that I had this, if she wouldn't have mention it. I would like to know more about this contition, if i have a condition. I want to know if there are like some side-affects, or if i have like less to live than other peolple. Hi. My name is Ivan Diaz. I am in the U.S. ARMY stationed in Kuwait. I know two languages, and i am learning Arabic, French, and Italian. I was studing with a fellow classmate, and I told her that I feel different when I speak in different languages. I also mentioned that I am starting to see letters in Arabic in different colors. I see the letter A in arabic as red. I also see the word we in purlpe. I also see the congegation of that word also in purple. I also told her that I can see and feel different when I speak Spanish than when I speak English. In English, I feel like I an in suit and tie and I am in an office. When I speak in Spanish, I feel like taking over the world. When someone from Puerto Rico speaks spanish to me, i feel like music is coming out and like we are going to dance. I was disapointed. I had thought everyone did the same thing that I did. I didn’t even know that I had this, if she wouldn’t have mention it. I would like to know more about this contition, if i have a condition. I want to know if there are like some side-affects, or if i have like less to live than other peolple.

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