SYNESTHESIA
Synesthesia is the blending of the senses. Letters and sounds have color. Numbers have shape. Words have taste and for some Synesthetes, symbols have personalities. Is this really a neurological disorder? Some recognize synesthesia as a great leap in communication where individuals no longer have to rely on internal definitions and prejudices of words to understand meaning through language.
It is so interesting that a sort of a buzzing sound or something the letter A made a certain person hear every time they saw .
I think it would be some kind of shape = sound synesthesia, but the fact that we have all been taught what the letter A is supposed to sound like does not mean it's synesthetic, it's just something that has been agreed on separately within every language that uses this alphabet. The sounds existed before the letters, the letters were just invited to ''describe'' those sounds, so if anything it would be sound = shape synesthesia.
And also, the general idea is that synesthesia is involuntary. I think, learning is voluntary. Besides, even if you tried to memorize the colors of numbers or letters, or their personalities, when asked to recall them you would be unable to do so perfectly
. Synesthesia is a condition in which one sense ,for example hearing, is simultaneously perceived as if by one or more additional senses such as sight. Another form of synesthesia joins objects such as letters, shapes, numbers or people's names with a sensory perception such as smell, color or flavor. The word synesthesia comes from two Greek words, syn (together) and aisthesis (perception). Therefore, synesthesia literally means "joined perception." Synesthesia can involve any of the senses. The most common form, colored letters 
and numbers, occurs when someone always sees a certain color in response to a certain letter of the alphabet or number. For example, a synesthete ,a person with synesthesia, might see the word "PLANE" as mint green or the number "4" as dark brown.
As far as scientists can tell at this point in neurological studies, synesthesia comes about because two or more areas of the brain are not as isolated as they normally are,
so that sensations from one area bleed over into another area, giving complex multi-sensory experiences from one input. When it comes to the philosophical significance, it really just means that your perceptual form of being aware of existence is different than most people. There is not a sound associated with texture, you actually experience a sound with certain 
textures, and that is just the way you experience the world. I am assuming it is rather consistent, in which case one had to learn to live with it as a malfunction of his/her senses, just as a blind man must learn how to adjust to being blind. I wouldn't say that perceive the world incorrectly, but rather that particular form of being aware of the world differs from most people.I don't think there is a cure for it at this point, but so long as you can distinguish actual sounds from your textual sounds, you can distinguish the texture of something in a different way. I believe that it is a god gift to some special people. Also, I want to be synesttet, too. It must be wonderful seeing colors while listening the music and having some special flavour.
Synesthesia is the blending of the senses. Letters and sounds have color. Numbers have shape. Words have taste and for some Synesthetes, symbols have personalities. Is this really a neurological disorder? Some recognize synesthesia as a great leap in communication where individuals no longer have to rely on internal definitions and prejudices of words to understand meaning through language.
It is so interesting that a sort of a buzzing sound or something the letter A made a certain person hear every time they saw .
I think it would be some kind of shape = sound synesthesia, but the fact that we have all been taught what the letter A is supposed to sound like does not mean it's synesthetic, it's just something that has been agreed on separately within every language that uses this alphabet. The sounds existed before the letters, the letters were just invited to ''describe'' those sounds, so if anything it would be sound = shape synesthesia.And also, the general idea is that synesthesia is involuntary. I think, learning is voluntary. Besides, even if you tried to memorize the colors of numbers or letters, or their personalities, when asked to recall them you would be unable to do so perfectly
. Synesthesia is a condition in which one sense ,for example hearing, is simultaneously perceived as if by one or more additional senses such as sight. Another form of synesthesia joins objects such as letters, shapes, numbers or people's names with a sensory perception such as smell, color or flavor. The word synesthesia comes from two Greek words, syn (together) and aisthesis (perception). Therefore, synesthesia literally means "joined perception." Synesthesia can involve any of the senses. The most common form, colored letters 
and numbers, occurs when someone always sees a certain color in response to a certain letter of the alphabet or number. For example, a synesthete ,a person with synesthesia, might see the word "PLANE" as mint green or the number "4" as dark brown. As far as scientists can tell at this point in neurological studies, synesthesia comes about because two or more areas of the brain are not as isolated as they normally are,
so that sensations from one area bleed over into another area, giving complex multi-sensory experiences from one input. When it comes to the philosophical significance, it really just means that your perceptual form of being aware of existence is different than most people. There is not a sound associated with texture, you actually experience a sound with certain 
textures, and that is just the way you experience the world. I am assuming it is rather consistent, in which case one had to learn to live with it as a malfunction of his/her senses, just as a blind man must learn how to adjust to being blind. I wouldn't say that perceive the world incorrectly, but rather that particular form of being aware of the world differs from most people.I don't think there is a cure for it at this point, but so long as you can distinguish actual sounds from your textual sounds, you can distinguish the texture of something in a different way. I believe that it is a god gift to some special people. Also, I want to be synesttet, too. It must be wonderful seeing colors while listening the music and having some special flavour.Synesthesia directed by Terri Timely from Mark Kirby on Vimeo.
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