i've long thought in color
"Synesthesia a neurological condition in which two or more bodily senses are coupled. While cross-sensory metaphors are sometimes described as "synesthetic", true neurological synesthesia is involuntary and occurs in slightly more than four percent of the population. Synesthesia is also sometimes reported by individuals under the influence of psychedelic drugs, after a stroke, or as a consequence of blindness or deafness. Synesthesia that arises from such non-genetic events is referred to as adventitious synesthesia to distinguish it from the more common congenital forms of synesthesia.
Although referred to as a "neurological condition", synesthesia is not listed in either the DSM-IV or the ICD classifications, since synesthesia does not, in general, interfere with normal daily functioning"
i don't know when i noticed that color played such a monumental role in my mind.
it just makes sense though.
words are ambiguous. they mean different things to different people
but everyone understands color.
when i try to explain something, an idea, someone i've met, it has a color in my mind.
i don't understand people, but i try to using color. it's comforting to me.
but when someone is lacking a color, it is cause for alarm.
no color at all is scary. a transparency. a void. i could put my hand right through them.
i don't recognize them as people i could know.
they are just another face to me, a random customer or pedestrian.
things are different than they used to be.
things are supposed to change, but this is just odd.
of all the directions to go, this one?
i've been asking a lot of questions that no one will answer.
questions that no one really wants to answer.
why why why
perhaps they just don't want to think about it.
maybe things will get better. maybe they won't.
won't know til we try.
at this point, though, looks a little bleak.
photo credit: patrick taberna
Although referred to as a "neurological condition", synesthesia is not listed in either the DSM-IV or the ICD classifications, since synesthesia does not, in general, interfere with normal daily functioning"
i don't know when i noticed that color played such a monumental role in my mind.
it just makes sense though.
words are ambiguous. they mean different things to different people
but everyone understands color.
when i try to explain something, an idea, someone i've met, it has a color in my mind.
i don't understand people, but i try to using color. it's comforting to me.
but when someone is lacking a color, it is cause for alarm.
no color at all is scary. a transparency. a void. i could put my hand right through them.
i don't recognize them as people i could know.
they are just another face to me, a random customer or pedestrian.
things are different than they used to be.
things are supposed to change, but this is just odd.
of all the directions to go, this one?
i've been asking a lot of questions that no one will answer.
questions that no one really wants to answer.
why why why
perhaps they just don't want to think about it.
maybe things will get better. maybe they won't.
won't know til we try.
at this point, though, looks a little bleak.
photo credit: patrick taberna