The fluidity of perception, and how art can express phenomena in a way data alone cannot


	The fluidity of perception, and how art can express phenomena in a way data alone cannot

einbar

3-16-2009 1:56 AM

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einbar says:

Synesthesia #1,is a fascinating condition in which inputs to one sensory pathway — such as music or shapes — produce sensations in a different sensory modality

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3-17-2009 10:31 AM

Vizipok

little babies don't feel senses separately but in this way

some say that dead people too

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