Wednesday 11 January 2012

KIND OF BLUE? WELL NO, BROWN

I am listening to an audio book at the moment as I drive to and fro from Whangarei to Auckland. It is Joanne Harris' Blue Eyed Boy. It is a story about a muderer but has a central theme of synethesia. The language on the audio book is so wonderful that I think I will buy the written book and, if the promotional trailer below highlighting the book gets extended into a film will watch that too.


http://www.joanne-harris.co.uk/v3site/books/blueeyedboy/index.html

The 'book'  has evocative descriptions of music as interpreted by a synethestic in smells, colours and sensations.
I couldn't help thinking how a double bass solo would be interpreted:

http://nz.bing.com/images/search?q=chimney+pollluting&view=detail&id=4E6F4E962768DC0A5FE408A681CA75766D1ED1D7&first=61&FORM=IDFRIR

4 comments:

Twisted Scottish Bastard said...

I love listening to audio books on car journeys, it makes them more worthwhile somehow.

Synesthesia can be fun.

Every time I hear a double bass I see red.

Angry Jesus said...

Phaaaarrrrkkkk!

Anonymous said...

Every time I hear a double bass I see red.

I could be wrong but I suspect you don't even hear the bass in most songs.
Synesthesia.. does that work the other way as in paintings that use just a few well chosen colours?

THE CURMUDGEON said...

Second, see here:

http://www.doctorhugo.org/synaesthesia/art/