CHAT: Romilly's Q. re: Synaethesia (was Re: OT CHAT: Asperger's syndrome)

In a message dated 2000/06/24 03:45:54 AM, you wrote:

>Jonathan Chang wrote:
>
>>    I have really strange one: synaethesia... I sometimes see certain
>>"sounds" as neon-like colours (like after-images) in the fringes -
>>periphery - of my field of vision.
>>    The musical terms _sound-colour_ and _timbral colouration_  have real
>>deeper meanings to me.
>>     Prob'ly this why I am so much into sounds & music.>
>
    Romilly then writes:
>
>An amazing gift.  Are you familiar with Scriabin?  I wonder if you would see
>the same colors he did......
    It is different everyday... I think it has to do with diet, stress or
lack of stress,
perceptual openness to it's "visual interference", etc.. & Yes, I am familiar
with Scriabin, but like Messiaen more... My musical tastes tend to lean
heavily to - shall we say - the Asian & the "semi-civilized" with a strong
aesthetic preference for raw improvisation &/or "ambient" soundscapes)

    zHANg