Synesthesia and Cymatics

If the lines between senses are obscured it allows for creativity to flow more freely. It is hard to believe that there are 60 or greater types of synesthesia, meaning we all perceive things in vastly different ways. The artwork of a drug user, a stroke or seizure victim, or a blind/deaf person would all create impressions of vastly different stories of what exactly is occurring within their psyche. It makes you think, because to a certain extent we could all have a type of synesthesia. I think everyone has experienced involuntary experiences based on a certain smell for example. Associations with objects or a certain environment can take you back to a particular time in your life, causing a whirlwind of numerous sensations that can be just as vivid as they were when you first encountered them. If we train ourselves to draws more freely cross the boundaries of sensations that are thought to be separate from one another, we can learn more about the way our minds work, the way we perceive memory, and the way we create art. I love that synesthesic art specifically points out art making as a process and not a final product. It provides clues that are self aware, and draws attention to the medium. Also, it allows for more innovation since it is not forever bound to one medium. It crosses over to music, audiovisual, and all sorts of intermedia. If we start to think of motion as sound, as filmmakers we can more easily extract audio from various locations that we normally wouldn't have even imagined. As far as science goes, synesthesia investigation takes it  to a whole new level. Sound affects matter, sound has form and causes form within matter. The concept is timeless. I immediately thought of Om, meaning "everything manifest comes from primordial vibration," and all of us are beings of energy vibrating at numerous frequencies.