Science Channel: Superpeople. Have you heard of them?

Question

Superpeople

by Elaine P

Scientists tell us

there are people

who hear colors

who taste music.

They say these people

are very rare.

Have they never

heard of Poets?

Answer 1

Good job, fun comparison.

Answer 2

Synesthasia, a true medical condition. I dealt with this

"disorder" when writing my VanGogh poetry. It is thought that this is what the allows  some people  auras.   It is a disturbance in the brain that reroutes sensations to the wrong destination.  It is not simply the thought of a colour when hearing musical notes or seeing names or letters it is an actuality. It can be very distracting and in some cases cause deep mental anguish.

Answer 3

No - I had not heard of this condition - would wonders never cease - another means to mess up someone's mind. ♥

Answer 4

You have just interrupted my bagel with Mozart preserves!  That my poet friend, makes me hear RED!  Now my muse says I must amuse myself by answering with flavored notes!  Bye.  Oh, your offering was very nice!

Answer 5

"hI!"

It's called people who intake to many drugs, and need to get off them quickly before the music eats them up and they talk back to the colours and there delussional world becomes a reality. which I've got to say, quite scarry.

very creative.

Cheers.  : )

Answer 6

Yep, I've heard of these folk, too

I think it's called synthesia

And it's what we poets strive to do.

Quote from the web.

If I had some paints handy, I would mix burnt sienna and sepia for you as to match the colour of a ‘ch’ sound…and you would appreciate my radiant ‘s’ if I could pour into your cupped hands some of those luminous sapphires that I touched as a child.”

Vladimir Nabokov (The Gift)

A POETRY of Perception

Conveying a kaleidoscopic commingling of perception, the vivid prose of Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov cannot simply be dismissed as sheer literary talent or the rendering of an overactive imagination. Instead, it is a puzzling window into the mind of a synesthete, an individual who experiences an uncontrollable marriage of the senses in a unique way that neuroscience has yet to explain.

Synesthesia manifests itself in many forms, and is not a universal experience, even for those who have the same type of synesthetic condition. For example, some synesthetes see bursts of colour whenever they hear sound (chromesthesia), but while synesthete A sees crimson with a certain guitar chord, synesthete B might see white.

Other synesthetes live in a world in which every number or letter of the alphabet bears a unique colour, but again, where synesthete A sees the letter “D” as a soothing green, synesthete B may perceive the same letter as a peeving pink.

Interestingly, though the colors and associated emotions couldn’t be more different, both synesthete A and B share an unequivocal sense of self-righteousness—and are, moreover, baffled that the hued-letter principle itself deviates from the human norm.

Other studies of synesthesia reveal fascinating individuals who hear fabrics and woods, taste circles and squares, and smell pain in a palette of colour.

How does it feel to over-feel?

So what is it like to live in a seemingly psychedelic state? Do synesthetes perpetually teeter at the edge of insanity?

The consensus sides on the contrary. Experts believe that as many as 1 in 200 people have this cross-modal phenomenon, and the majority of them revel in their extraordinary view of the world, deriving a sense of spiritual harmony. However, in extreme cases, synesthesia does, unsurprisingly, invoke a kind of cognitive nightmare, making everyday matters like small talk, cinema going, and grocery shopping a distraction-heavy challenge.

Typically though, synesthetes function quite well in society, often offering up their gift through music, WORDS and art...................you heard it first from Elaine

Answer 7

Does that include thinking in rhyme?

And doing it in four - four time?

That's iambic tetrameter for those of you who aren't superpeople.

Answer 8

ya Elaine i have.

the one with the big S on his shirt can bounce bullets off it.

hahaha!

and when we hear bad music, dont we all say ' that stinks!'

LOL

...seriously tho,

every person is more than their self.

Answer 9

confused...may be

Answer 10

well said.