a little ephiphany

[bluegreen17]

i was just listening to r.e.m.'s 'flowers of guatemala' and having my typical ecstatic reaction to how it sounds,when i realized that i truly feel music,not just hear it. i don't know if that's an example of synaesthasia* or just pretty normal,but it felt like an apocalypso to me!
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i know i didn't spell that right,but spellcheck couldn't help me...it's when people taste colors or other things that tend to 'cross' what we consider the borders of sensory experience

Comments

[gamesiplay.livejournal.com]

You got pretty close: "synaesthesia" or "synesthesia." :) And I think I do the same thing, though I'm so ignorant about the technical aspects of music that's hard for me to understand any part of my reaction to it.

[bluegreen17]

thanks for being my personal spell-checker! i mean,how would i look it up to check the spelling if i didn't know how to spell it? although,i suppose,google will sometimes say 'did you mean ---?

[ushuaia1979.livejournal.com]

I used to love R.E.M!