Synaesthesia has been known to the medical world for almost 200 years now, but was only fully identified as an oddity in the neurological circuitry, a few years ago. Due to some overlapping senses, those with synaesthesia can often see sounds or taste shapes.
The odd mingling of senses in the brain helps synaesthetes to see the world the way they see; something that most of us can only imagine. For instance, hearing a particular musical note may taste like ketchup in their mouth or might make them see a particular flash of colour. Some other synaesthetes always see a particular alphabet in colour even when it is written in usual grayscale.
Vladimir Nabokov one of the most famous novelists of his time and also a synaesthete, once described in his memoir that he always saw ‘v’ in the shade of rose quartz and the letter ‘m’ was of the colour pink flannel while ‘h’ always had a hint of burnt....
