The Big Picture by Lennie Peterson for January 24, 2024

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    stairsteppublishing  10 months ago

    Thank goodness, my music teacher told me to no longer take music. She finally gave up on me. I think she got tired of hearing nothing but wrong notes.

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    eromlig  10 months ago

    Van Gogh had a fantastic memory. Everything he heard went in one ear.

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    some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member 10 months ago

    When was the last one? I’m not sure I got it.

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    markkahler52  10 months ago

    I can see myself tasting the sounds of Orange and Purple!!

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    akachman Premium Member 10 months ago

    Thank you for the history lesson. Very sad, though. Poor man. A genius.

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    Skeptical Meg  10 months ago

    Isn’t that your superpower, Mr Peterson? Synesthesia, right?

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    NaGrom Premium Member 10 months ago

    Synesthetes are people who often “see” music as colors when they hear it.

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    Arthur I Romeo Premium Member 10 months ago

    I think he was a little nuts though.

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    W Crowley Premium Member 10 months ago

    Loving the newsletters

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    ladykat  10 months ago

    My mother-in-law, at 84, is teaching herself to play the piano.

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    Brent Rosenthal Premium Member 10 months ago

    And here I thought Van Gogh was a trombonist…

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    holdenrex  10 months ago

    Chromaesthesia: A form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensations.

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    crazeekatlady  10 months ago

    Numbers and days of the week are colors to me.

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    Brian  Premium Member 10 months ago

    What about trombone teachers?

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    AndrewSihler  10 months ago

    Synaesthesia is passing strange, associating colors with sounds is quite believable, associating shapes with flavors, less so. But apparently very real. In any case, while audio-visual synaesthesia is well known, it’s curious that the associations are pretty idiosyncratic. I.e., one person may have a strong notion of blue associated with A but another’s blue is E♭.

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    goboboyd  10 months ago

    A BIG thank you for the large image!

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    pchemcat  10 months ago

    That is true. There are people who “see” music in color. There is an entire music theory based on that and many music teachers encourage their students to visualize the color of the music.

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