I have, but link me? *g* I remember the plot but not the taste, oddly--usually I remember the taste and forget the plot and then I go, "Hey, this is that SweetTarts story."
Neat, are you synesthetic too? My actual synesthesia isn't this one, but it's sort of related--it's sound->taste, and I was actually thinking of making a post about it soon but I haven't quite figured it out yet. Like, I can't tell if this is just something everyone does or if it's just me or if it's just artists or what. Also, sound->taste synesthesia is totally lame and most music tastes horrible as a result. :(
This is kung pao chicken, medium spicy (which is about as hot as I can stand it).
Yes, I'm totally syn. But, growing up in the country and pre-internet, I never talked to *anyone* about it until last year. I don't think it's terribly rare, actually, just based on talking about it in class (granted, it is an art school).
kung pao chicken, medium spicy See, how perfect is that :)
Mine's mostly words & ideas -> actual objects I can see and feel. Which makes it difficult to think or write about, since I have to do it using the same things I'm trying to explain. Tricksy. A lot of people seem to have more than one kind, too.
It's so cool you did this. Now I have to go (re)read the other stories!
Oh, man, it is so hard to explain to people that when I say Mark Twain's writing tastes and feels like a round of brie, I'm NOT SAYING HE'S CHEESY. Which he kind of is, but it's just the density and the texture of his writing, you know? The way it reads is like eating semi-hard brie. But most people go, "Huh? So you're... saying he's cheesy?" And I'm like, "NO. YOU'RE ALL WRONG. AUGH."
The words & ideas->objects thing is so neat; I didn't know it was possible to be syn in that way. I'd always heard it was strict relationships between the senses, like a high note = cold, or the letter g = pink, etc.
(I've always wanted to meet a taste->sound synesthetic, though. That would blow my mind, but I think it will probably never happen.)
I'm NOT SAYING HE'S CHEESY. Yes!!! I need a sign that says NO, IT'S NOT A METAPHOR.
I actually have coloured numbers, which is how I found out about synaesthesia, because that's a common one. I used to think maybe the physical sensations weren't syn, because they didn't meet the definition, but they *feel* the same way that the numbers do. If I'm explaining to other people, I say that it's something that brings thought and sensation together.
There was a fair bit of attention in the last year when some researchers published about how maybe seeing auras was synaesthetic, rather than psychic. The one that blows me away is people who see numbers as having personality or gender.
How do you perceive the colors? Do you see the number literally with color or is it more of a feeling? (I am really curious about this because most of my synesthesia is like touching or tasting things in my dreams--I can feel it but at the same time, I can't. Also, I am sorry about asking so many questions!)
And oh, *slaps forehead* I meant to say Charles Dickens up there. Not Mark Twain. Mark Twain is, like, beef jerky or something--I haven't read him in a while.
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hmmm, have you read "Small Primes and Square Roots?"
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http://liviapenn.livejournal.com/367325.html#cutid1 <-- link
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Thank you!
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I'm going to ask for someone else's (since I don't write). This is 30toseoul's Science Discipline
http://community.livejournal.com/mckay_sheppard/804443.html
It's under 1000 words.
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This is kung pao chicken, medium spicy (which is about as hot as I can stand it).
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kung pao chicken, medium spicy
See, how perfect is that :)
Mine's mostly words & ideas -> actual objects I can see and feel. Which makes it difficult to think or write about, since I have to do it using the same things I'm trying to explain. Tricksy. A lot of people seem to have more than one kind, too.
It's so cool you did this. Now I have to go (re)read the other stories!
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The words & ideas->objects thing is so neat; I didn't know it was possible to be syn in that way. I'd always heard it was strict relationships between the senses, like a high note = cold, or the letter g = pink, etc.
(I've always wanted to meet a taste->sound synesthetic, though. That would blow my mind, but I think it will probably never happen.)
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Yes!!! I need a sign that says NO, IT'S NOT A METAPHOR.
I actually have coloured numbers, which is how I found out about synaesthesia, because that's a common one. I used to think maybe the physical sensations weren't syn, because they didn't meet the definition, but they *feel* the same way that the numbers do. If I'm explaining to other people, I say that it's something that brings thought and sensation together.
There was a fair bit of attention in the last year when some researchers published about how maybe seeing auras was synaesthetic, rather than psychic. The one that blows me away is people who see numbers as having personality or gender.
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How do you perceive the colors? Do you see the number literally with color or is it more of a feeling? (I am really curious about this because most of my synesthesia is like touching or tasting things in my dreams--I can feel it but at the same time, I can't. Also, I am sorry about asking so many questions!)
And oh, *slaps forehead* I meant to say Charles Dickens up there. Not Mark Twain. Mark Twain is, like, beef jerky or something--I haven't read him in a while.
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