Synesthesia

when i first read the definition of synesthesia in art i had no idea what in the world it was talking about. after i read some of the artists views on it i got a much better feel of the term. i love how Marcia Smilack put it...when she experiences a feeling of texture or taste even motion, she takes a picture of it. to be able to capture such a raw subject with a photograph is a beautiful thing in my opinion. its like when you feel water, how do you capture its texture by just taking a simple picture of a lake? i started thinking about that while reading her quote and then she explains that she waits utill she feels that sensation of synesthsia and then takes the photo, like if the water slightly ripples or something. its hard to put into words what synesthesia is in my opinion, its just one of those things you feel as an artist. i love music so for some of these artists to capture the sounds of a violin string in a painting is amazing. i play lots of intruments so i think in beats a lot of the time and Anne Salz's painting of shades of oragne mixed with black really stood out to me. the black makes up the beats while the song is flowing like the orange. ive never thought of capturing music that way but it really makes sense now that i see it.
neurological synesthesia (wonder ow many times ive spelled that wrong in this paragraph) is pretty interesting as well. when the page came up and the letters and numbers were all colored i was a little ocnfused but after reading why, it became kind of interesting. the sound synesthesia i really understand because after reading that, i think i fall into that catagory i just didnt know what it was called before...sometimes i put sounds im familiar with to things i see. not sure if thats the same thing haha but im using that to help me understand the term better. overall its pretty interesting to see all the different ways artists and everyday people interpret things like sounds, motion, taste....