Synesthesia’s role in creativity: Pt. 3

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“…the premise of synesthesia offers a jumping-off point mainly for those creatives who don’t have it…”
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Seeing, Hearing, and Smelling Color: Synesthesia Pt. 2

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“[Part II digs] into a hot-topic among scientists in recent years: is synesthesia useful to those who have it? What can studying it yield?
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Seeing Color (and Hearing, and Smelling It)

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“The number 1, for example, is a brilliant and bright white, like someone shining a flashlight into my eyes. Five is a clap of thunder or the sound of waves crashing against rocks. Thirty-seven is lumpy like porridge, while 89 reminds me of falling snow…”
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The Music of Philip Glass, Visualized in Fractals

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“What fractals have to do with classical music and the secret of Einstein’s genius: I’m obsessed with synesthesia and the visual language of music, and love the work of Philip Glass, often considered the greatest living composer. Naturally, I’m head over heels with these spellbinding fractal visualizations by Russian artist Tatiana Plakhova, abstracting Glass’s music graphically….”
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Chromatic: The Crossroads Between Color and Music

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“At nearly 400 pages of full-color artwork and editorial, Chromatic: The Crossroads of Color and Music, is a dynamic print presentation of independent musicians and artists who are using or exploring color in unorthodox ways. . . ”

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