Synesthesia: When Monday Sounds Bitter and Friday Smells Orange

By Shreya Parjan A bite of magenta, a whiff of chartreuse. Sensory whirlwinds where numbers breathe colors and violin music brushes softly across the ankles. Beyond mere poetic portrayals of commonplace occurrences, such transcendent, seemingly hallucinatory sensory experiences are all too real for individuals with synesthesia. From Ancient Greek syn, “together,” and aisthēsis, “sensation,” synesthesia is a …