Primordial Soup posted:

In terms of the musical aspect, I am a musician/music instructor by trade so there has been a lot of opportunity to hone/sharpen these senses over the years. The rhythm/length of tones creates the size/length of the shape being experienced, the timbre creates the direction as well as the actual 'visual timbre'. For example, smoothly changing tones with no spaces in between will create curves with ebbs/flows. Short, staccato tones create jagged directionalities with unpredictable paths. The tonality of the music/instrument dictates the colors shown. A full band looks/feels like a 'symphony' of colors/shapes. This has been part of my teaching philosophies, because although this came naturally to me as a child, it does not for everyone. However, I believe it is possible for almost all people to train themselves to cross-over and freely associate "unrelated" sensorial input.