tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107758010639847749.post3408824064460714687..comments2022-02-17T21:15:06.985-08:00Comments on The Scant Gold I Bring : The SaturnienneJeff in Seattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08096023145399598798noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107758010639847749.post-895968817425652462022-02-17T21:15:06.985-08:002022-02-17T21:15:06.985-08:00My personal favorite is how the abyss is not dark ...My personal favorite is how the abyss is not dark or whatever but unplumbed, presumably because "plum" itself is a color.<br /><br />Then there's also celadon, jet, gold, ciclaton, agate, scarlet, amber, verdigris, copper, fallow, fulvous, while the Weird Tales version has sinoper in place of celadon.<br /><br />Keep in mind that there are various forms of synesthesia, such as time-space synesthesia and the like. I'm unfortunately unable to find it right now but I definitely recall Smith once or twice describing his reactions to some of his life's imagery in a way that sounded a bit too potent for an average human. The gentleman I mentioned, Solomon Shereshevsky, aside from possessing a perfect memory, also had an incredibly powerful imagination, to the point it enabled him to trick his own body in regards to things like heartbeat, temperature, pain suppression, etc. He was diagnosed with the so-called "fivefold synesthesia", where the stimulation of one of his senses produced a reaction in every other. If Smith indeed did have it, I assume it was some much milder form than this.The Sojourner of Worldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04861667647424878420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107758010639847749.post-32613213721682961202022-01-28T06:56:29.616-08:002022-01-28T06:56:29.616-08:00I had not previously considered the possibility th...I had not previously considered the possibility that CAS might have been a synesthete, and yet "The Saturnienne" would seem to lend some evidence in that direction. <br /><br />I've read some of CAS' extant correspondence, and while there is little in those letters that would point towards synaesthesia, it's also true that he came across as quite reserved in his letters, and did not seem inclined to include much personal information. So we can only speculate on what he chose not to reveal about the sources of his considerable creativity.Jeff in Seattlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08096023145399598798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107758010639847749.post-15508652634857099112022-01-23T12:33:54.762-08:002022-01-23T12:33:54.762-08:00I often wonder if this might be his finest poem. I...I often wonder if this might be his finest poem. It's so full of colors it reads like an acid trip.<br /><br />Someone on the forum theorized he might've used drugs. I, on the other hand, wonder if he might've been a synesthete. Some of his writings, particularly his letters, seem to point towards some form of synesthesia and, as far as I know, synesthesia and exquisite memory, the kind he was often praised for, go hand in hand, whether it's Solomon Shereshevsky or that girl from Rijeka I met long time ago and who was easily the most eloquent person I've ever met, which was quite impressive considering she was hardly older than 16.<br />The Sojourner of Worldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04861667647424878420noreply@blogger.com