Y9W19 Born on a Blue Day

Pretty freaky! This song is about synaesthesia, yes, no, maybe?
Unusual rhythms and unusual language.
I like the images conjured up by the descriptions of the numbers.
The final couplet sounds very deep and poetic... but now that it's over I'm not sure if the song was very deep or meaningful itself?
Anyway, keep up the innovation... I rate this song... purple out of 10!

This song is about synaesthesia, yes, no, maybe?
Yes.......Daniel Tammet

"Born on a Blue Day" is the title of his first book (autobiography).
This unique first-person account offers a window into the mind of a high-functioning, 27-year-old British autistic savant with Asperger's syndrome. Tammet's ability to think abstractly, deviate from routine, and empathize, interact and communicate with others is impaired, yet he's capable of incredible feats of memorization and mental calculation. Besides being able to effortlessly multiply and divide huge sums in his head with the speed and accuracy of a computer, Tammet, the subject of the 2005 documentary Brainman, learned Icelandic in a single week and recited the number pi up to the 22,514th digit, breaking the European record. He also experiences synesthesia, an unusual neurological syndrome that enables him to experience numbers and words as "shapes, colors, textures and motions."
http://www.amazon.com/Born-Blue-Day-Extraordinary-Autistic/dp/1416535071

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Tammet

http://www.google.co.th/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CCUQtwIwAg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DjqNw_AUc4fA&rct=j&q=born%20on%20a%20blue%20day&ei=enZ5TdPEOsLNrQfljNG8BQ&usg=AFQjCNFHbnx4-_53y7380lu7fuqk7R1Npg&cad=rja

http://www.google.co.th/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CB8QtwIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacafe.com%2Fwatch%2F387151%2Fdaniel_tammet_born_on_a_blue_day%2F&rct=j&q=born%20on%20a%20blue%20day&ei=enZ5TdPEOsLNrQfljNG8BQ&usg=AFQjCNFm2ZBLK7ZClg6NUW004DbZp8fIIg&cad=rja
Unusual rhythms and unusual language.

I thought the subject would give a lot of artistic license :wink:
I like the images conjured up by the descriptions of the numbers.......The final couplet sounds very deep and poetic... but now that it's over I'm not sure if the song was very deep or meaningful itself?
Nothing original from me. I just arranged and rearranged his words......All the information I got straight from his quotes and interviews, but I was fascinated enough to order his two books to read more about him.
I rate this song... purple out of 10!
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Thanks for the listen and post :D

James

That's a fascinating syndrome.
The number 9 is big, bold and blue . . .
4 is a timid number . . .
6 is a weak number . . .

I wonder if other people with the same syndrome associate the same characteristics with the same number.

I wonder if other people with the same syndrome associate the same characteristics with the same number.
Good question. Would it be more or less remarkable to you if other people with the same syndrome associate the same characteristics with the same number? What would you hypothesize on the subject?

Very interesting topic and song.

Hi MrEWorm,

Thanks for the listen and post :D

James

Would it be more or less remarkable to you if other people with the same syndrome associate the same characteristics with the same number? What would you hypothesize on the subject?
It would be very remarkable to me to find that out.
It would suggest that numbers alone is a way of communicating that is hard-wired into us . . .
Similar to the way certain sounds are pleasing or irritating to us?
It could be a universal language . . . but I'm just speculating more than hypothesizing.