Post by Baronessa on Oct 2, 2019 16:00:44 GMT
This thread will probably only make sense to so-called synesthetes -- people who report a lifelong history of stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leading to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway. There are at least 80 different types of synesthesia, but if you're unsure as to whether you may or may not have felt synesthetic sensations the general idea is this:
• projective synesthesia: people who see actual colors, forms, or shapes when stimulated.
• associative synesthesia: people who feel a very strong and involuntary connection between the stimulus and the sense that it triggers.
For example, while a projector may hear a trumpet and see an orange triangle in space, an associator might hear a trumpet and think very strongly that it sounds orange.
The reason I'm bringing this up is because I seem to have a very strong association of sounds to smells.
I'm obviously not wanting to take this too seriously, so even if you don't think you're synesthetic whatsoever but have any similar experiences with music (including colours like mentioned above, tastes and even touch) I'd love to hear from you. :playball:
• projective synesthesia: people who see actual colors, forms, or shapes when stimulated.
• associative synesthesia: people who feel a very strong and involuntary connection between the stimulus and the sense that it triggers.
For example, while a projector may hear a trumpet and see an orange triangle in space, an associator might hear a trumpet and think very strongly that it sounds orange.
The reason I'm bringing this up is because I seem to have a very strong association of sounds to smells.
{Here's some distinct ones}
• This whole album is like being around the fireplace of a damp cabin smelling like wet wood.
• Various melodic death metal albums give me a vivid sense of petrichor, but this one is the first I remember feeling as though I'm walking on rainy asphalt.
• Both of these albums are so British they literally take me back to the folksy countryside. Lanolin in the break of spring.
• Among an uncountable amount of pop albums to have very citrusy hooks -- evoking the sensation of smelling oranges, lemons, grapefruits, pomelos, and limes. I think it's the synths.
{Skip Spence - Oar}
• This whole album is like being around the fireplace of a damp cabin smelling like wet wood.
{Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos}
• Various melodic death metal albums give me a vivid sense of petrichor, but this one is the first I remember feeling as though I'm walking on rainy asphalt.
{Kate Bush - The Kick Inside}
{Peter Hammill - Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night}
• Both of these albums are so British they literally take me back to the folksy countryside. Lanolin in the break of spring.
{Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated}
{Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer}
• Among an uncountable amount of pop albums to have very citrusy hooks -- evoking the sensation of smelling oranges, lemons, grapefruits, pomelos, and limes. I think it's the synths.
I'm obviously not wanting to take this too seriously, so even if you don't think you're synesthetic whatsoever but have any similar experiences with music (including colours like mentioned above, tastes and even touch) I'd love to hear from you. :playball:
