This piece was painted by moi while listening to the song Hello / Lacrimosa by The Piano Guys. The purpose of this activity is to explain certain features of the brain. When a stimuli, such as music, is introduced to your sensory receptors a message is sent to the brain. Your brain deciphers the message; therefore, the mood (that my brain interpreted) of the song is conveyed in this painting. Individuals who have a genetic anomaly called synesthesia, experience a quite remarkable effect in their brain when stimuli is introduced. For example, artist Melissa McCracken sees color when she hears noise. This is caused by the production of a sensory impression that relates to one sense of the body that stimulates another sense of the body. Many of my peers also did this activity and no two paintings looked alike. Our brains all came up with different images to represent and encompass the emotion of the song. Just as we all created vastly different looking paintings, our students will also decipher things differently. Sharing, acknowledging and cherishing these differences is helpful in bringing you and your students closer together. You are able to see the inside workings of your brain and compare how two people might interpret something differently. How remarkable! In the links down below I have included a blog where people who have synesthesia can share about their lives. It is quite an interesting peculiarity. :) Also, check out the beautiful artwork Melissa McCracken has on her site. I encourage you to view her artwork and listen to the song while you take in the piece. Do you feel the color, texture, space, etc... that she uses in her artwork conveys the same feeling and images that your brain came up with?
https://www.melissasmccracken.com/ http://syndiscovery.com/blog/
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