[this article was sold recently] My best friend is also an author, but she has unusual abilities that not only make her an anomaly among writers, but an anomaly among humans. First, she is a synesthete. Synesthesia is an involuntary joining in which the real information of one sense is accompanied by a perception in another sense. Some synesthetes will “taste” a sound. Some can “see” a sound. Others “taste” a word, or “smell” a word. A synesthete might also see certain shapes and objects and colors whenever they hear music. Various forms of Synesthesia have been known to occur … Continue reading →