Thank you Sarah, My wife, I found to my utter delight, has this gift. I thought I had a connection to music but found my wife had such a profoundly fascinating relationship with notes that I was in awe and unaware of. A link between sound and light. I am captivated by what insight it must bring to those that are blessed with this wonderfully extraordinary ability.
I learned I have synesthesia when as a child I watched Disney's Fantasia. His incredible artists brought classical pieces to life as they interpreted the wonderful sounds into visualizations! I soon realized that I have the same abilities when I closed my eyes listening to sounds of nature, music and everyday sounds. I see colors and patterns in everyday objects and in music. It is another sense that brings a new dimension to my life!😮
Wait, wait, wait! I was sure I was definitely not a synesthete. I'm neurodivergent and my struggles with sensory issues are associated to the fact that I am both autistic and intellectually gifted (and I sometimes suspect I also have masked ADHD). BUT doesn't everyone automatically see personality in letters and numbers? I thought it was normal. It's too soon and too sudden to say I discovered I'm a synesthete, but all I can say is that I'm not sure anymore I'm not!
