Synaesthesia
I dreamt that PYMO was back in Walt Disney Concert Hall for our last concert of the 2008-2009 season. We played the Borodin Deuxieme Symphony - without instruments. Without proper seating, too. There wasn't really a stage- It was just this weird, empty void with music swirling around us as we thought out the music. The music was visible - sort of how I'd imagine a synaesthetic person to visualize music. Swirly colours!
I just realized that I dreamt out the entire Borodin symphony. o__O I guess this is what comes with listening to it on loop for two all-nighters in a row.
But back to synaesthesia: I remember reading that a certain synaesthetic composer used to make the rooms darker so the audience could see the colours more clearly. I forgot which composer it was, though. >.< Does anyone know? I tried googling it, but I found nothing helpful. A few years ago in Bellis, we were told to play certain sections blue, or mahogany, or champagne. I had never really thought about music that way but it made a lot of sense to me. I'm not synaesthetic, though, which is a pity. I bet it would be really, really cool to see sounds as colours.
There was a children's book titled The Boy Who Spoke Colours. The protagonist is a little boy who speaks only in puffs of colours. The king hears about his ability and takes him from his parents. The king locks him up in his castle and forces the little boy to bottle his words so the king can sell them. I don't remember much more about this book, but I remember thinking it had fantastic illustrations. And that the concept of speaking in colours was really, really cool. *w*
If anyone has that book, I'd love to borrow it for a day or so. *hint hint hint*
I just realized that I dreamt out the entire Borodin symphony. o__O I guess this is what comes with listening to it on loop for two all-nighters in a row.
But back to synaesthesia: I remember reading that a certain synaesthetic composer used to make the rooms darker so the audience could see the colours more clearly. I forgot which composer it was, though. >.< Does anyone know? I tried googling it, but I found nothing helpful. A few years ago in Bellis, we were told to play certain sections blue, or mahogany, or champagne. I had never really thought about music that way but it made a lot of sense to me. I'm not synaesthetic, though, which is a pity. I bet it would be really, really cool to see sounds as colours.
There was a children's book titled The Boy Who Spoke Colours. The protagonist is a little boy who speaks only in puffs of colours. The king hears about his ability and takes him from his parents. The king locks him up in his castle and forces the little boy to bottle his words so the king can sell them. I don't remember much more about this book, but I remember thinking it had fantastic illustrations. And that the concept of speaking in colours was really, really cool. *w*
If anyone has that book, I'd love to borrow it for a day or so. *hint hint hint*