I learned several months ago that I have a neurological condition called synesthesia. When I look at letters, or numbers, or hear/read words, I see certain colors inside my head. These colors are always the same for its co-responding letter/number; A is always a rusty red, and 4 is always dark grayish-purple.

 

I also have spatial-sequence synesthesia, which means that I see periods of time (such as the months of the year) in a three-dimensional space around me, with the winter months behind and summer directly ahead. Pain also registers as color, which is actually rather helpful: When I get migraines, I can tell by the color what has caused them and how much medication to take for it.

I see colors for days of the week, musical instruments, everyday sounds, musical tones, and even some smells (like bonfire smoke and gasoline).

 

I suck at math, though, cuz the colors make me confuse large numbers. 12134 has the same colors as 14321, only in a different sequence, which, when first 'seen' looks almost exactly the same.

 

Synesthesia is caused by a 'malfuncion' in the wiring of the brain's senses. It doesn't disable me in any way, though does occasionally cause migraine headaches from sensory overload.

 

The above painting (done in acrylic on particle board) is what I 'see' when listening to Snow by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

 

If you'd like to purchase this or any other original works of other songs, or would like to commission a song personally, please contact me at lionheart09@comcast.net

  

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An artistic rendition of my synesthesia colors, represented in the form of a clock.

 

I feel the need to share a bit of information regarding the number 1, since I'm not sure if this is normal for synesthetes or not. Simply put, 1 on its own is pure white on a black background, but when placed with any other number, it turns black. The exception is number 11, which is gray, as seen in the picture. I've heard of this happening before, but I've never been quite sure as to why. Granted, not much about synesthesia is known, even to modern scientists, but just in case this happens to anyone else affected with the condition, I'd like to know...

 

As usual, all works are for sale. But this is one for my AP art concentration, so if you're interested in this painting, you'll need to wait until the end of the school year. Sorry.

 

Questions or comments about synesthesia or the art presented here are welcome. Just contact me at lionheart09@comcast.net

 

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Since I'm not a fan of Coldplay, and would rather listen to the raw talent that is A Capella, I present to you another synesthesia painting; this time, to the colors of Viva La Vida as performed by the greatly-gifted University of Buffalo A Capella choir.

 

For those of you unfamiliar with synethesia, a definition nabbed from the medical dictionary online:

"A condition in which normally separate senses are not separate. Sight may mingle with sound, taste with touch, etc. The senses are cross-wired. For example, when a digit-color synesthete sees or just thinks of a number, the number appears with a color film over it. A given number's color never changes; it appears every time with the number. Synesthesia can take many forms. A synesthete may sense the taste of chicken as a pointed object. Other synesthetes hear colors. Still others may have several senses cross-wired.

 

Estimates of the frequency of synesthesia range from 1 in 250,000 to 1 in 2,000. People with synesthesia are 6 times more likely to be female than male. Most synesthetes find their unusual sensory abilities enjoyable.

 

People with synesthesia often report that one or more of their family members also have synesthesia, so it may in at least some cases be an inherited condition.

 

It may be that synesthesia arises when particular senses fail to become fully independent of one another during normal development. According to this school of thought, all babies are synesthetes. Synesthesia can be induced by certain hallucinogenic drugs and can also occur in some types of seizure disorders."

 

According a test I took with synesthete.org to help aid researchers in better-understanding this condition, I have at least 12 different forms of it, including...

  

Numbers--Color

Letters--Color

Weekdays--Color

Months--Color

Time sequences--Spatial locations

(Sequences such as numbers, weekdays or months seen in a three-dimensional space around me)

Musical Pitch--Color

Musical Chords--Color

Musical Instruments--Color

Pain--Color

Personalities--Color

Emotion--Color

  

The painting above is a little smaller than my usual works (this time only about 6"X 6"), but is still one of my favorites. I feel that this one in particular shows what I 'see' when I listen to the music.

 

You can hear the exact version I listened to while painting this HERE:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOaclY2MDaY

 

Acrylic on particle-board.

 

If interested in purchasing synesthesia art, please contact me at lionheart09@comcast.net

 

ALSO! I'LL BE NEEDING YOUR HELP IN CHOSING THE NEXT SONG TO PAINT!

 

I'm trying to decide between...

 

An a capella version of 'Across the Universe'...

 

Any song by Daft Punk....

 

'The Kids Aren't Alright' by The Offspring...

 

Or a re-do of 'Whereabouts Unknown' by Rise Against.

  

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Synesthesia Art:

Encaustic (resin, wax, various pigments) on posterboard. Color and motion inspired by my actual synesthesia visions of the song, which I played over and over again while painting this.

 

I've worked with encaustic in the past, but didn't have access to these materials while in Cayman. So this is the first time in over a year that I've been working with them again, and I find that it's a bit like riding a bike...except that with encaustic, you've got high-powered hand-held propane blow torches to worry about instead of peddles. Nonetheless, I jumped right back into the swing of things and am very pleased with the outcome.

 

"Goobye Blue Sky" is a song I'd only heard a few times prior Coalburn's commission, and is probably not one of Pink Floyd's most famous, despite appearing on one of their most popular albums, The Wall.

 

Vocals range in the teal, blue, and gray-green, while guitar is (as usual) red, orange, and occasionally yellow for the 'twangier' bits. There's also an unusual grayish-silver haze in the background (which is an undertone that's supposed to sound like war planes or something), that actually worked out perfectly with the encaustic medium due to my ability to apply 3-D layers of wax down, which I cannot do with acrylic.

 

I should start a "girls with flamethrowers" club. All the encaustic artists I've ever met or worked with have been girls. ;)

 

Anyhow, I'm still taking commissions. So if you're interested, please contact me at lionheart09@comcast.net

A while back, I suffered from an inner-ear infection which resulted in a week-long never-ending headache. I felt like the stuffing inside my skull was spinning clockwise every time I sat up or moved my head. Several months later, I still remember exactly what it looked like to me; perhaps because it was practically imprinted into my mind. Or perhaps because while painting this, I had a sinus infection which likewise lead to a migraine, and which inevitably reminded me of the past one.

 

As usual, all of my work is for sale, and I will happily take commissions. Just email me with questions and the like at lionheart09@comcast.net

  

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While doing a study on the various colors I see for pain, I began to consider different situations in which I also 'feel' colors.

 

It's hard to explain what this is without being overly-straightforward, so for the sake of keeping it PG-13, I figured the title would suffice to explain it for me.

 

If you'd like to purchase this or any other original works of other songs, or would like to commission a song personally, please contact me at:

 

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Wondering what a bear's roar looks like? Surprisingly, much different from what you might expect. There's a lot more brown in the actual vision than I've used in this piece, but the lion (which I'll upload later) is a bit more accurately portrayed.

 

This was inspired by my recent trip to the Winston Wildlife Safari in Oregon, where I watched two captive brown bears wrestling in their enclosure. I roared out the window at one of them, and instantly, they both looked up. A second later, one of them roared back. I was so stoked! I think my boyfriend was slightly unnerved that I was talking to bears, and my mom was prepared to roll up the window in the event that I accidentally invited them home with us.

 

In this work, I've used a combination of pen-and-ink drawing and encaustic wax. Most of the wavy affect was accomplished by use of a blow torch. Dark streaks in the lighter purple area are created by scraping away a thin layer of wax to expose what's underneath. All the splatter paint is done by slapping two paint brushes together, one which is loaded in hot wax. I've been stung by the heat many times, but only truely burned once. The other girl who shares the encaustic supplies with me (also an amazing artist!), thinks it's funny that I say 'OW!' and then laugh every time the wax splatters onto my arms. Aside from the pain, ENCAUSTIC IS SO MUCH FUN!

 

Expect to see a lot more of these coming soon. I've got a lion, and I plan to do a wolf and a peacock next. I'm also still taking commissions and always love a challenge, so please feel free to contact me with requests or questions!

  

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Commission for David Coalburn, a talented artist himself. I'm not sure of the name of the band or the title of the song, since he sent it to me as a file in an email so I could listen to it on my ipod. I generally prefer to listen to music directed directly in my ears, thus cutting down on outside distractions.

 

The volcals in this song are very interesting (you friends are very talented on the music front, Coalburn!), with the lead voice ranging through green and blue. The woman's voice is light purple to violate, and what I think in a third male voice is deep red.

 

Acustic guitar is, as usual, orange and blue and soft red, but especially orange.

 

Oddly, this song rather reminds me of summertime, just before it gets dark outside, when it's 10:00 and the sun has only JUST set. You don't want to go sleep. It's time to start the bonfire and tune the guitar, or time to wish your friends farewell after a day at the river, pull your clothes back on, dash through the woods barefoot, and then walk home over still-hot pavement.

 

The lead singer's voice is almost that same shade of blue as the sky just at the horizon after the sun's gone down on a clear evening like that. But it looks more like water to me. Very fluid, and moving, with green on the edges.

 

No, it's not a song I'd probably have listened to on an average day had Coalburn not asked me to paint it for him, but that's part of the adventure. I have no idea what I'm going to see next. It might explain why I get bored of some songs more easily than others. This is not one of those songs. :)

 

At any rate, I'm happy to take commissions from anyone. But for a short time, ALL OF MY FLICKR CONTACTS WILL GET A SPECIAL DISCOUNT PRICE! $10.99 per piece, one song each, will be painted on the back of a playing card. Shipping depends on distance, since I know a lot of you live further away than others.

 

If you're interested, please let me know by contacting me at lionheart09@comcast.net

 

I'm only going to be able to do this for a short while, so be quick!

 

Anyone else interested in purchasing a synesthesia song (playing card size or otherwise) is also welcome to contact me for a commission.

 

I'M HEADING BACK TO OREGON IN TWO WEEKS! WOOHOO!

  

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While boiling some teeth out of a black bear jaw fragment, I was forced to resort to prying some of the bone apart with a knife to loosen the roots.

The knife slipped and stabbed right into my thumb, which instantly started bleeding all over the counter. I saw the colors from the pain, but didn't register the severity of the injury until I saw blood on the skull itself.

 

I remember thinking 'Oh, hey, I thought all the brains had been cleaned out already!'

  

It didn't take long to draw the conclusion that I'd actually just stabbed myself. I felt stupid, of course, but after I cleaned and bandaged the wound, I committed the exact colors and pattern to memory so I could paint it the next day. This is the result.

 

The yellow in the lower-right corner is from the exact moment the knife broke the skin, followed by the bright stinging red which (like elements from many of other paintings) are angled at about 45-degrees.

The darker browns, purples, and blues are the aching and throbbing which continued on for several days. This was actually the most inspiring part of the injury because of the way it moved--somewhat like still water being disturbed by a very slight breeze.

 

Pain can be beautiful for a synesthete.

  

If you'd like to purchase this or any other original works of other songs, or would like to commission a song personally, please contact me at:

 

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Erythromelalgia is a relatively rare condition and it isn't understood what its cause is in many people. Often mistaken for other conditions including peripheral neuropathy, sufferers often struggle to get a diagnosis. Its impact can be massive. A common cause of the sometimes extreme pain is tepid to warm water, leading also to red hands, feet and sometimes also the face and ears. It normally also leads to substantial power loss in the limbs and general energy loss.

 

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