Up: [[Savour]] Created: 2023-10-02 Updated: 2025-01-07 ## Factoids Artist Christina Eve has synesthesia, the condition where senses get mixed up. In her case, [sounds are colours](https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/09/586386659/how-a-synesthetic-artist-sees-sounds-and-turns-music-into-paintings?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email) Because a night owl has ears one slightly higher than the other, they can pinpoint a sound within one degree. (Ackerman) ## Try - Notice a particular moment. Pause and really listen. What do you hear? (Rubin) - Make a list of sounds you think you remember hearing the last time you were outside. Then go outside, listen for those sounds and cross them off the list as you hear them. (Rubin) - Listen to sounds around you. Try to hear the layers — loudest and most familiar will be first. What’s next? Notice the qualities of each sound. Is it near or far? Intense or subtle? Surprising or expected? Notice moments where there’s no sound at all. Try NOT to name the sounds. (Rubin) - Play a favourite song and focus on something specific in it — i.e., drums. (Rubin) - Try [painting sound](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM_dhOqT_7Q) ## See Also - [[The Colours of Noise]] > [!user] Sources > Gretchen Rubin, *Life in Five Senses* > Norman Farb and Zindel Segal, *Better in Every Sense* > Diane Ackerman, *A Natural History of the Senses*