Tasting the Universe

Synesthesia from the inside out

by Maureen Seaberg

In Search Of Wonder

Synesthete and researcher Dr. Christine Simmonds-Moore is pioneering a brave new frontier in synesthesia research — its connection to anomalous experiences. Read More

Daniel's Eyes of China Blue

The world's most famous synesthete now walks in the footsteps of synesthetic painter Vincent Van Gogh in his new life in the south of France. Read More

He's Got A Way About Him

Ballads are blues and greens and rock anthems are blazing reds, oranges and golds in the magnificent synesthetic palette of songwriter Billy Joel. Read More

Bach Star

"Louie-Louie" is red, white and blue, and Mozart opens up the rest of the spectrum for wunderkind pianist Evan Shinners, a synesthete. Read More

In His Eyes: The Light, The Heat

One night playing drums for Peter Gabriel, Manu Katché closed his eyes and saw the synesthetic colors... Read More

A Caribbean Synesthete Blogger Finds Community

René D. Quiñones Molina lit a synesthetic candle instead of cursing the darkness. Read More

Five Is Male and Pure Blue

Writer and writing coach Steve Adams comes from a family of synesthetes in Texas... Read More

Synesthesia Svenska

He looks like The Rock and sings like an angel -- Sweden's synesthete John Kluge Read More

A Reel of Primary Colors

Green is not the only color Kate Spanos sees when performing Irish dance... Read More

Synesthetes: "People of the Future"

Rapper, composer, producer and clothing designer Pharrell Williams does much to bolster the view that synesthetes are often creatives. Read More

The Human Brain Scan

The time The Amazing Kreskin scanned my brain... Read More

The Red of His E String

Itzhak Perlman's many gifts include associating color and shape to each note he bows on his priceless Stradivarius. Read More

The Shape and Color of Song in Germany

Alexandra Kirschner of Stuttgart teaches young synesthetes to sing through the imagery they see while forming sound. Read More

The Shamanic Synesthesia of the Kalahari Bushmen

Dr. Bradford Keeney has studied synesthesia among the Kalahari Bushmen of Southern Africa. Read More

Dr. Neil Theise's Magnificent Time Wheels

Dr. Neil Theise's time appears in synesthetic wheel form and he can access specific times and dates with a mental "flick" motion akin to using an iPad or iPhone. Read More

Why Do We Call It World Wide Web?

The co-inventor of the Internet named it World Wide Web for his synesthetic green "w's". Read More

A Wicked Case of Synesthesia

Broadway's Stephen Schwartz, a synesthete, can paint with all the colors of the wind. Read More

Maps of the Mind and the World

Blue cats, chartreuse kittens and multi-hued Haitian taxis color synesthete Patricia Lynne Duffy's world. Read More

Dr. David Eagleman's New Dream Project

Top synesthesia researcher Dr. David Eagleman wants to replace himself... Read More

Was Marilyn Monroe a Synesthete?

A blonder shade of synesthesia: Marilyn Monroe's cross-sensory experiences. Read More

Synesthesia and Buddhism

Could synesthesia be a form of heightened awareness? A leading medical anthropologist thinks so. Read More

The Amazing Technicolor Synesthesia Coat

The synesthete and artist Carrie C. Firman is leading the way in the current synesthesia arts renaissance. Read More

Psychology Must Catch Up on Synesthesia Research

Though the now-sexy trait of blended senses is enjoying a renaissance in research, popular interest and arts expression, it has not been so for nearly a century. Blame the Behaviorists. Read More

Maureen Seaberg is an author and synesthete dedicated to advancing understanding of synesthesia.

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About Tasting the Universe

Maureen Seaberg has presented on synesthesia at the Toward a Science of Consciousness conferences in Tucson and Stockholm, Yale Divinity School, the American Synesthesia Association conference at Vanderbilt University, Science Writers in New York (SWINY) and at Tibet House and NYU. She has written for the New York Times, ESPN the magazine, Huffington Post, The Daily Beast and has appeared on MSNBC and PBS. She won a scholarship to the inaugural Norman Mailer Writers Colony in 2009.