Hi Ron,

So sorry to be so late with this, as my computer and DSL were both 
down for a while.

What you are describing in the message below is called synnesthesia.

Just thought I'd throw that in, cuz I have it with sounds sounding 
like the sun or some such thing.


73,

Reeva Parry, K8DMU.


At 01:30 AM 1/28/2008, Ron Canazzi said:

>Hi Group,
>
>Well, I don't see a lot of odd colors in my mind all the time, but ever
>since I was very young, I have associated a very, very complex color scheme
>with various aspects of language and sound.  For example, when I think about
>the days of the week, I see colors of an elaborate nature for each day of
>the week and for the hours of the day--even up to and including daytime and
>night time.  When I hear music, I picture very elaborate color schemes for
>each of the various instruments: piano, bass, drums, string and so on.  To
>describe these colors is very difficult.  They're not just simple primary
>colors and they have a great deal of variation as shading, blending,
>brightness, darkness and the like.  I remember describing this in some
>detail to an art student a long time ago and she tried to paint it.  Of
>course I'll never know if she was even close--since I wasn't able to check
>her work precisely.
>
>I had talked to a psychologist about this once and he said it was probably
>some sort of language learning or language association memory tool that I
>found advantageous as a little boy and since I lost my vision fairly early,
>the memory of this method has never faded.  He even had a name for it.  He
>called it (and I'm not exactly sure of the spelling) Chrono Synchronicity.
>It sounds like the name of a Police album from the early 1980's <g>!