My Name

What does my name look like?

I tried my best with Paint to put it down:



The colors aren't quite right, and the angle you view it from isn't quite right, but that's sort of the idea. I'm not really a fan of how my name looks.

Note: Not all Staceys look like this. Just me. I graduated with a Stacey who's name was mostly white with a little light yellow and light blue.

I don’t like when pople use the word “associate” when talking about synesthesia

It just doesn’t sound right. It’s not associating. I kind of think it like, you don’t associate a wooden table with the color brown, it just is brown. That’s what it is, not an association. You don’t associate your mom with being a woman. She is a woman.

I associate Thanksgiving with Sacramento, because that’s where I would go to celebrate with family. I associate starch with itchiness, because I’m allergic. I associate cream savers with vomiting, because I got car sick and threw them up.

I don’t associate C with light blue. C is light blue. I don’t associate biting into an apple with yellow triangles. Biting into an apple is yellow triangles. Just like my headphones are male, and the sound of a wooden chair scraping against a wooden floor is a dark orange zig-zag.

Speaking in the synesthesia sense, listening to Arcade Fire's Neon Bible is an incredible experience.

So many layers, depths, colors, and shapes. It's quite beautiful.

Real Life Adventures

After suffering from a migraine non-stop for over a week, I headed to the doctor. The doctor asked me to describe the pain, and before I could stop myself, I answered

"Green."

Synesthesia + Physical Reactions

This makes my tongue tingle:

This makes my eyes cold:

Synesthesia + Food or Why Ratatouille Is My Favorite Pixar Film

Yeah, it's sort of like that.

"Sleepyhead" by Passion Pit

When I hear music, I also see a picture. In my mind there are shapes, colors, and patterns. I'm doing my best to recreate these images.

This is roughly what I see when I hear the song "Sleepyhead" by Passion Pit. I've included the song so you can take a listen.