The condition you refer to is called synesthesia and in reality isn't as strange
as you may think. Although uncommon, it's actually a very natural brain process
that simply gets sent to our internal record too early, from what I understand.
I personally wish more research would be done in this field because I think we
(as a species) have a lot to learn about the ways in which we observe and react
to our surroundings, especially music-wise.
A very concise chunk of info on this condition can be found at:
http://wearcam.org/synesthesia/synesthesia_long.html
italic.
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>You mean there are actually some relevant posts pertaining to list members'
>thoughts on MUSIC?!?!? How dare you! Don't you know that the IDM list is
>all about being ultra swank and cool?
>
>Anyway, this is somewhat related, but a bit off topic from the initial
>post...BUT, I recently read an article pertaining to a small percentage of
>people who are able to describe tastes as geometric shapes. They
>interviewed this guy who was talking about how a certain taste, say, "sour",
>for example, tasted like triangles. Really strange, but I suppose it ties
>into that whole aesthetic of relating emotion to sound on some
>scatterbrained, mescaline trip type of level. Good stuff, this is what the
>list SHOULD be all about...my humble opinion of course...
>
>JS
>
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>>From: "Robert Long" <cosmodrome@hotmail.com>
>>To: idm@hyperreal.org
>>Subject: Re: [idm] Music
>>Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 14:10:52 -0500
>>
>>I agree, this is an interesting topic. I would like to throw my own
>>thinking out there.
>>
>>As far as imagry and emotions evoked by specific music, i think that the
>>main factor influencing this is culture. Someone from a western
>>culture(USA for example) would most likely have a similar response to
>>someone from a similar western culture. However comparing someone frome
>>the US to someone from say, Uganda would most likely begin to yield
>>differences.
>>
>>However i think there are some properties of music that are universally
>>recognized. BPM would be the first to come to mind. above 133 and i
>>believe anyone would describe this as fast. This may have to do with the
>>body's own rhythm of heartbeats which is usally less than 80 or 70 bpm.
>>
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>>>Someone else in the thread mentioned about how music highlights
>>>certain aspects of experience - listening to a song suggests a
>>>particular way of looking at a landscape for instance.
>>>But it is interesting why people often associate colours, textures or
>>>images with particular kinds of sounds. i wonder how these
>>>associations are related to past experiences when listening to the
>>>same/or similar pieces of music. i wonder if there is a systematic
>>>way of explaining that?
>>
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