The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-28
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odd as 1t may seem to more mat
I~ter-of-fact individuals. there are many
persons who actually see sounds and
see doors. or more rarely bear pain
or light. Tonal vision. that is the
hearing Of light or color. is very rare;
not SO Is colored hearing, Of which
there are almost as many varieties Of
as persons who report 1t.
For some time the ~coloration x
tends only to voices or to Christian
names. They may compare the
strawberry-colored voice Of one friena
with the mottled Easter.egg voice Of
another; they may ponder the relative
merits OF a blue name or a brown one.
vowels alone may be colored. and
perhaps differently colored when spok-
en- In on voice than when spoken in
another. Agreement there is none as
to their proper c%oloratioh: the letter q.
for instance. may range from - the
black 1t by the poet Rimbaud to green
or orange.
Fol- other persons music. and only
music, Is colored. The pitch Of a note
may give its hue or the instrument on
which 1t is played may determine the
tint. Low-pitched notes may range
from purple to black: high-pitched
ones from azure to white.
Or each instrument may have its
own color; white for the harp, orange
gold for the horn, mauve for the VIC.
lin. Orchestral music may become q
%veritable cascade of rainbows.
II perchance n gets form as we'll
as color from music the possibilities
Of arabesque r multiplied. A teach.
er of design of whom I have heard at
tends concerts in order to see new pat
terms that she may reproduce.
Tastes and odors, as we'll as sounds,
may become colors. / am acquainted
with q young man whose mouth is
flooded with luminous pink whenever
he tastes wintergreen. Peppermint and
rough green; antse gives a beautiful
black. This young man is greatly
distressed when food tastes a color diff
ferent from the color it looks. Yellow
peppermints are for him ar abnomina.
ton. as are pink teas also.
He. too. uses his taste colors in dis.
elimination and is able to identify ex-
ceedingly weak solutions by the colors
they arouse. But solutions giving the
able to distinguish between a solution
OF quinine and one Of red pepper, be-
cause both give the same orange red
taste.
Odors when seen usually surround
with colors the scented object or fill
the space from which the odor pro-
ceeds. But in n peculiar case the
hue Of the odor was seen by the per-
son who experienced it on his own
forehead.
Pain may change into sound. We
are told. for example. Of a psycholo-
gical tootache: one that 10. you can
hear; and I have myself experienced
a symphonic earache. one that most
considerably translated itself into or
chestral terms. Touch. in turn. has
its visual analogies. There are bright
touches just as there are sharp whts-
pers.
What is probably the most curious
case Of sense transposition on record
has been reported by Prof. Pierce. that
of the young lady who tastes sounds.
Imagine. Il you can. q roast beef voice
and then a banana one. Think Of be.
ing tantalized. az the young lady con-
fessed she was. by being forced to lis.
ten to a lecture when hungry.
Theoretically. 1t would seem that a
confusion Of any W senses might &C.
cur. but as a matter Of fact not all
Of the possible exchanges have been
reported. No case Is on record OF
odors shifted into sound. although I
have heard a little girl speak Of frag.
rant music.
These tr~anspositions usually
occur in a systematic and uniform
way. Yet there are many reports Of q
instance, my " symphonic earache.
which unfortunately was q unique ex-
%perience. Although not subject to col.
ored hearing. / have seen on awaken.
ing from a deep sleep IN early morn.
ing whistle as a dark purple streak
against the window curtain. Fevers
apparently may cause such substitu.
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