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From:
Philip Sherburne
To:
'idm@hyperreal.org'
Date:
Thu, 19 Jul 2001 12:43:08 -0700
Subject:
RE: [idm] Re: The Colour of Music
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Oddly, when I was growing up, I associated colors with letters (not the whole alphabet, but some), numbers, and the days of the week. I've forgotten most of them now; I know Thursday was brown, and I think Wednesday was green. Tuesday might have been blue. The NY Times ran an interesting article a year or so ago about synaesthesia, and the scientific debate over whether it was a "real" (physical) condition or merely psychological. I tend to agree with the view that it may be something we're hard-wired for, but gradually lose the ability as we grow up, given that I have strong synaesthetic memories from childhood but very few such experiences now. -Philip
quoted 2 lines Nabokov, for example, associated or saw colors=20>> Nabokov, for example, associated or saw colors=20 >>for each letter of the alphabet,=20
quoted 12 lines hahahaha.... so do I!>hahahaha.... so do I! >A =3D red >B =3D blue >C =3D yellow >D =3D green >E =3D blue >F =3D brown >G =3D black >H =3D pink >I =3D white >J =3D light green >K =3D yellow