The Synesthesia Experience
eBook - ePub

The Synesthesia Experience

Tasting Words, Seeing Music, and Hearing Color

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Synesthesia Experience

Tasting Words, Seeing Music, and Hearing Color

About this book

"Explores a dimension of synesthesia long encountered in reports of synesthetes: its relation to mystical and artistic vision . . . fascinating accounts." —Patricia Lynne Duffy, author of Blue Cats and Chartreuse Kittens   "The Synesthesia Experience will open up for you a whole new world in our universe." —The Amazing Kreskin   What does blue taste like to you? A violinist sees a scarlet form when he plays a certain note; a rock star sees waves of blue and green as he composes a ballad; an actress tastes cake when she utters the word "table." Described by some as a superpower, this mingling of the senses is called synesthesia, and the people who possess this amazing gift are called synesthetes.   What happens when a journalist turns her lens on a mystery happening in her own life? Maureen Seaberg did just that and spent a year exploring her synesthesia. What she learned is that synesthesia is not an idle "brain tick" but a unique ability to tap into and reveal a greater creative universe and even the divine.   Join her as she visits top neuroscientists, rock stars, violinists, other synesthetes, philosophers, savants, quantum physicists, and even Tibetan lamas on her journey toward the truth. Famous synesthetes and experts interviewed in the book include Billy Joel, Itzhak Perlman, Pharrell Williams, Dr. Dean Radin, Dr. Amit Goswami, and Dylan Lauren.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. CONTENTS
  6. FOREWORD
  7. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  8. INTRODUCTION
  9. CHAPTER 1: THROUGH A GLASS, DARKLY
  10. CHAPTER 2: THE RED OF HIS E STRING
  11. CHAPTER 3: CAILLIAU'S GREAT GREEN WEB
  12. CHAPTER 4: EMERALD BAYSAND BLUE NOTES
  13. CHAPTER 5: A BLONDER SHADE OF SYNESTHESIA
  14. CHAPTER 6: A CRYSTAL CLEAR PRISM
  15. CHAPTER 7: SCIENTIFIC SPECTRUMS
  16. CHAPTER 8: RED AND BLACK MAGIC
  17. CHAPTER 9: BEHIND BLUE EYES
  18. CHAPTER 10: THE COLOR OF LOVE
  19. CHAPTER 11: THE SOUND OF GRACE
  20. CHAPTER 12: A TECHNICOLOR RENAISSANCE
  21. CHAPTER 13: TASTING GOD
  22. CHAPTER 14: ZOMBIE BLUES
  23. CHAPTER 15: INDIGO QUANTUM AVATARS
  24. POSTSCRIPT: RAINBOW'S BEGINNING
  25. AFTERWORD: THE STATE OF SYNESTHESIA
  26. APPENDIX: ARE YOU A SYNESTHETE?
  27. RESOURCES
  28. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  29. ABOUT THE AUTHOR