[stylist] Thinking of words

[Barbara Hammel]

I've never found it a nuisance.  The only problem I seem to have is 
remembering what month it is.  January and October are almost the same color 
and so are May and August.
I also must have a bit of photographic memory because when I used to read 
the hard copy of the Bible, I could remember what side of the page something 
was on.  Oh, and I can do that with many of my favorite passages in books 
also.  I used to get straight A's on vocabulary tests because I remembered 
definitions word for word.
Barbara




Through the sunny fields of yesterday
Echo voices of children now grown,
Their golden peals of laughter
Ring upon the ivied stone.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Brad Dunse
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 4:47 PM
To: Writer's Division Mailing List
Subject: Re: [stylist] Thinking of words

I'm halfway through a book "This Is Your Brain On Music" and read
about synesthesia  and its ability/condition. It is absolutely
amazing.  for some it is a daily curse and other's a charished gift.
Although I don't have this, when I read Braille I see the print word
in black on a white background in my mind almost like a teleprompter.
I suspect it is just because of my being sighted and then learning
Braile later in life with vision loss and my head working it out as
anyone might. Do you find your synesthesia bothersome, neutral, or is
it useful somehow?  There are those with music that can tell what key
a piece is in by the color it gives them. Key of G might be blue, Key
of  C Orange, etc. and the medical field tried to fool these folks to
proove or disprove their claims and those with synesthesia are right
100% of the time and find it very useful for their music. I'm not
sure  how  word color could help in writing but I'm curious of your
thoughts on  it.

Brad







On 1/17/2011  09:24 AM The Crowd said...
>When I think of words I immediately think of their color. I have graphemic 
>synesthesia and my numbers and letters are in color, but secondly comes the 
>mind seeing of the word and sometimes mine are braille simbols, sometimes 
>printed letters and sometimes a mix of both.
>
>Anyone else do this?
>
>Curious now,
>Atty
>
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Brad Dunse

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