Hi Chocolate Pi,

I don't associate colours etc with letters and numbers - except on one occasion, when I startled even myself. Someone asked me what colour an ink/stamp pad was and I was looking at the purple colour but I said "twelve". I have no idea where that came from. I tend to see colours, shapes and movements when I listen to music or sounds.

If I am relaxing and feeling focused I can shut my eyes and "see" animations. I would love to be able to replicate the effect using computer animations. What I would like to do is something like Fantasia but instead of using characters and little story lines I would just use the shapes, colours and movements.

I did an internet search when someone told me it was called synesthesia and found a few really good sites. I don't know if they are still there now.

This topic came up in a Mudcat thread in around March or April 1999, but I can't remember which thread. A 'Catter called Steve t sent me a personal message about it and he is the one who told me what it is called. He also talked about a documentary he had seen about it.

Helen

http://web.mit.edu/synesthesia/www/syn_refs.html
Synesthesia References and Readings

http://www.microweb.com/ronpell/VisualMusic.html
Visual Music

http://www.well.com/user/smalin/mam.html
The Music Animation Machine

Synesthesia: Phenomenology And Neuropsychology http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au/v2/psyche-2-10-cytowic.html
Synesthesia: Phenomenology And Neuropsychology