David Chamberlain

I have devoted a lifetime trying to understand why I see images when I hear music — and see music when I hear images. I am not sure what this means or how it happens, but I love the feeling, and I count on it… although I have no idea how it works ...

I have devoted a lifetime trying to understand why I see images when I hear music — and see music when I hear images. I am not sure what this means or how it happens, but I love the feeling, and I count on it… although I have no idea how it works in my mind’s eye and ear. You can imagine my curiosity (and relief) when scientists began to talk about synesthesia, giving some sort of identity to what I thought for many years was a strange, scary and sometimes exhilarating cognitive quirk.