Monday, February 4, 2013

Synesthesia: A blending of senses

Synesthesia is a highly interesting subject, especially when linking the sense of sound with sight. To me, sound is heard directly in one way: through the ears and into the brain where it is examined and interpreted. Sight, on the other hand, comes in two forms. There is actual sight, where one may have their eyes wide open, thus the brain interpreting an image from what the physical eye see. Yet, there is also a major additional sense of sight that we can see through as human beings, even though the majority of us are completely unaware of this. This is the eye which sees what I call Third Eye Vision. It is the Inner Mindz Eye. Unlocking this third eye is something that not everybody can do, but sometimes just understanding the presence of this level of consciousness is enough to have an synesthetic vision. So I guess where I am going at with this is that by taking a film, and meshing it with sound, one can alter the senses of the viewer and create synesthesia. I believe Jimi Hendrix had synesthetic visions, (likely influenced from LSD and other psychedelics), which helped him create his music. Yes, his music is just sound, but it's more than that. Its sonic layers of guitar mastery, that one has to pick apart and dissect to determine it's exact rhythm. It was not just ears that created this music, it was the blending of senses: sound, and those of the third eye. boom!  

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