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4.0 out of 5 stars
Reality, anyone?
what if a loud shirt really was loud? Or the number "5" was red? Or you could smell Beethoven? Nabokov was a famous synesthete, as was Kandinsky and Van Goght. There sense are intertwined, so that one sensory stimulation causes a reaction with another sense. This is a great book which makes you question how real our world is, how sure our senses, and how multidimensional...
Published on April 10, 2009 by Ian R. Bruce
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Decent, though seemingly embittered
Speaking as a polymodal synesthete with eidetic memory, I found this work interesting (in terms of tracing synesthesia in art and literature from Baudelaire and the Romantics to Nabokov and the present day), but with an infused tonality of bitterness (lacking in empathic/human quality). After a certain point, it becomes clear that the author is biased toward a focus on...
Published on June 3, 2003 by Ashton Rayne
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8 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Decent, though seemingly embittered,
By Ashton Rayne "Obsidian" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bright Colors Falsely Seen: Synaesthesia and the Search for Transcendental Knowledge (Hardcover)
Speaking as a polymodal synesthete with eidetic memory, I found this work interesting (in terms of tracing synesthesia in art and literature from Baudelaire and the Romantics to Nabokov and the present day), but with an infused tonality of bitterness (lacking in empathic/human quality). After a certain point, it becomes clear that the author is biased toward a focus on the meaninglessness of these modes of perception, discounting them as relevant thought processes. Another view from the "outside", providing yet more separation between the synesthete and the non-synesthete... but I'm certain my opinion could be deconstructed by the views presented in this book. Recommended for historical content, and very basic information. Ignore the sweeping generalizations.
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This review is from: Bright Colors Falsely Seen: Synaesthesia and the Search for Transcendental Knowledge (Hardcover)
what if a loud shirt really was loud? Or the number "5" was red? Or you could smell Beethoven? Nabokov was a famous synesthete, as was Kandinsky and Van Goght. There sense are intertwined, so that one sensory stimulation causes a reaction with another sense. This is a great book which makes you question how real our world is, how sure our senses, and how multidimensional things are.
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Bright Colors Falsely Seen: Synaesthesia and the Search for Transcendental Knowledge by Kevin T. Dann (Hardcover - November 10, 1998)
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