Talking to her is so strange because, even though I can totally relate to the concept, her synesthesia still makes no sense to me.ДЇor More Stories Like This, Sign Up for Our Newsletter

A banana would be a high C, or something. I met a girl at college who saw shapes when she heard voices-I remember her dad's was triangular-and she also tasted pitch. Have you met anyone else with synesthesia? I remember hearing her clicking heels when she came home and it was such a comforting (purple!) sound to me as a child. But for my mom's birthday I painted the sound of her footsteps. There's usually one quick burst of color and then it disappears. I don't need to close my eyes but it helps me visualize it better if I do.Дo you only paint songs or do you paint other sounds too? It just floats there in a similar way to how you would imagine something or visualize a memory. Synesthesia doesn't interfere with my sight in any way and it's not hallucinogenic. **Read more: The Human * Painter* Making Art Worthy of Aliens**Дo you have to close your eyes to see the colors or do they cloud your sight? It was shocking because I'd never thought it was unusual. It finally clicked in a high school psychology class. He seemed really confused and I thought there was something wrong with him. My phone was blue and I told my friend I was going to pick an 'orange' song to match it because they're complementary colors. At 16, I found out that it wasn't when I was trying to choose a ringtone. Melissa McCracken: I used to think my synesthesia was normal and that asking anyone about it would be like asking them if they could smell the coffee in a coffee shop. She spoke candidly to Broadly about her lifelong relationship with the condition, how she harnesses it to create her brilliantly colorful paintings, and the inspirational power of music and memory.Д«ROADLY: How did you realize that most people don't hear in color?

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