[stylist] the synesthesia poem ... finally!

[Atty Rose]

p is red for me, l is dark green, m a purple black color.
I am grinning!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jacobson, Shawn D" <Shawn.D.Jacobson at hud.gov>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 8:36 AM
Subject: Re: [stylist] the synesthesia poem ... finally!


> "S" is also blue for me.  "P" is green, "O" is a real dark green, "N" is 
> reddish-orange and "L" is yellow.
>
> Such an interesting topic.
>
> Shawn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Atty Rose
> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 8:10 AM
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>
> Hi there, I have this too and didn't realize it had a name either until 
> about 6 years ago. I asked my son Blake what color s was to him. It told 
> him mine is blue. He said his was black and what did I mean.
>
> I always see colors, not just letters and words and numbers. I love that 
> peoples names turn into colors and it is funny that I will remember the 
> color of a person before their actual name. It also helps me remember 
> facts.
>
> Some words turn into two colors or even more.
>
> The colors I see are like a colidascope, always there, all different 
> colors and always moving.
>
> Glad to know someone else who does this!
>
> Barb is a lovely pink color and Chris is bright gold.
>
> Snugs,
> Atty
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
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> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 6:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [stylist] the synesthesia poem ... finally!
>
>
>> Chris, my understanding is that only 10% of the population experience 
>> some
>> form of synesthesia. Until a couple of years ago, I never knew this had a
>> name. I just assumed that everyone saw things like this.
>> Barbara
>>
>> Me
>>
>>> On Oct 17, 2013, at 6:30, "Chris Kuell" <ckuell at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Barbara,
>>>
>>> Thanks for sharing your poems with us. I really enjoyed the one on
>>> synesthesia. I know a couple of blind people who describe letters and
>>> words as you do, and I'd love to experience it. But it just doesn't
>>> happen in my case. All I have is imagination.
>>>
>>> chris
>>>
>>>
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