As a music lover, I've always wondered what it would be like to have synthesia. Does it show up for all sounds? Are the colors floating around like AR or is it at the source of the sound? Is it distracting for some genres, while additive for others? When did you realize not everyone else experiences it? So interesting!
As a music lover, I've always wondered what it would be like to have synthesia. Does it show up for all sounds? Are the colors floating around like AR or is it at the source of the sound? Is it distracting for some genres, while additive for others? When did you realize not everyone else experiences it? So interesting!
I think so. A lawnmower or a birdsong has a kind of visual texture to it 🤔
"Are the colors floating around like AR or is it at the source of the sound?"
So that's hard to explain, but it's both directional from the source of the sound, but also in my mind's eye, not overlaid visually on top of what I see with my eyes.
"Is it distracting for some genres, while additive for others?"
I don't really find it distracting, but probably because I've never experience it any other way, so it's just what it is for me, if that makes sense.
"When did you realize not everyone else experiences it?"
My wife has synesthesia. She didn't know it until I told her about mine. She has it with colors associated for letters and numbers and days of the week and months. She doesn't have it for sound or music.
But I don't think I know anyone else with it. Or maybe I'm forgetting 🤔
I need to check again with my kids, maybe it's highly genetic.
As a music lover, I've always wondered what it would be like to have synthesia. Does it show up for all sounds? Are the colors floating around like AR or is it at the source of the sound? Is it distracting for some genres, while additive for others? When did you realize not everyone else experiences it? So interesting!
Let me try to take each one:
"Does it show up for all sounds?"
I think so. A lawnmower or a birdsong has a kind of visual texture to it 🤔
"Are the colors floating around like AR or is it at the source of the sound?"
So that's hard to explain, but it's both directional from the source of the sound, but also in my mind's eye, not overlaid visually on top of what I see with my eyes.
"Is it distracting for some genres, while additive for others?"
I don't really find it distracting, but probably because I've never experience it any other way, so it's just what it is for me, if that makes sense.
"When did you realize not everyone else experiences it?"
Probably in my mid 20s.
Thanks for the details! Have you met anyone else with it?
My wife has synesthesia. She didn't know it until I told her about mine. She has it with colors associated for letters and numbers and days of the week and months. She doesn't have it for sound or music.
But I don't think I know anyone else with it. Or maybe I'm forgetting 🤔
I need to check again with my kids, maybe it's highly genetic.