Neurodiversity/Synesthesia

Do you have perpetual brain music?

I did a little reading up about what brain researchers call a "perpetual music track" or PMT and was astonished to find that this is supposed to be uncommon. An informal quizzing of several my musician friends makes me question this. My husband, my sister in law, and several of my friends also report perpetual musical imagery. More research needs to be done. Read more →

How Fantasia let me down

was told that for the first time, this film was created so the music would match what you saw! Well, it was about time! I thought. I just could not wait to see this.     I remember sitting in the theater waiting for the movie to start, and being so excited. Finally! I really could not understand why this had not been done before. Even as young as I was, I felt, surely there is a great need for everyone to see on screen the same thing that you are hearing!     I watched and watched and watched, and there were little cartoons of hippopotamuses, and of Mickey Mouse, and even of a symphony playing, but during the whole movie, I could not find even one tiny instance where the music was being matched by any colored shapes on the screen. Did I miss it? I was so confused! I asked several times afterwards, where was the part when the music matched the colors? I did not see it! That was when I started to feel a bit alone. Read more →