synesthesia

SYNESTHESIA comes from the Greek words syn meaning "together" and aesthesis meaning "perception." Synesthesia is a combined perception, the crossing of two or more senses.
one of those cool words. love the sound and the meaning both. had bits of this, more so when growing up, and my sister seemed more of a true synesthete. her world included a whole set of smells and associations that the rest of us didn't get. me it was mainly this intense love for purple -- a good deep rich gorgeous purple could have me watering at the mouth, smelling grapes and strangely, seeing the shape of the number "8."
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what brings that tangent was actually just thinking about my lately encounterings with literary and musical types. and synergy was just, well, the dotcom revolution made sure to kill that word (and how).

always envied musicians' ability to just get together and create together. probably what drew me to murals in the first place -- at best, it can be a jamming of artists and community (at worst, it's still better than slinging lattes). and then there are words. not sure I "get" poetry (but am planning on making the poets I know explain it to me -- they are, afterall, wordsmiths, no?). but love words and books and occassionally "get" it. Dorothy Allison, for instance. Or Maya Angelou. Or Milan Kundera. Or Alice Walker. Or Anchee Min.

...ok, so I occassionally get poetry.

which actually reminds me, I need a good book. any suggestions?

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