[stylist] Thinking of words

[Judith Bron]

That's interesting.  When I say prayers in Hebrew I remember how they looked 
in the Hebrew language.  Even though I prayed from Hebrew/English prayer 
books, I just remember the Hebrew.  Interesting.  Judith
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Thinking of words


> 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
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> Through the sunny fields of yesterday
> Echo voices of children now grown,
> Their golden peals of laughter
> Ring upon the ivied stone.
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> From: Brad Dunse
> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 4:47 PM
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> Subject: Re: [stylist] Thinking of words
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> 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.
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> Brad
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> 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.
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>>Anyone else do this?
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>>Curious now,
>>Atty
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