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synesthesia [‚sin·əs′thēzh·ə] (psychology) The condition in which a sensory experience normally associated with one sensory system occurs when another sensory system is stimulated. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Enhanced with the memorable and interpretative illustrations of Jean Holabird, Alphabet In Color showcases what Nabokov heard with respect to colors would manifest visually to the rest of us with charming, vibrant, synesthetic colored letters. With a few possible exceptions, including synesthetic passages in Rimbaud's poetry and Vincent van Gogh's use of color, Adams puts little stock in the idea that absinthe-tinged perceptions helped inspire the work of artists who drank the stuff. The later Romantics and Symbolists were not so patient: Baudelaire, Rimbaud, and Huysmans plunged into a synesthetic haze, sometimes helped by drugs, in which colors were sounds were smells and so on. |
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