The Synesthetic Media

American Heritage Dictionary: synesthesia

1. A condition in which one type of stimulation evokes the sensation of another, as when the hearing of a sound produces the visualization of a color.
2. A sensation felt in one part of the body as a result of stimulus applied to another, as in referred pain.
3. The description of one kind of sense impression by using words that normally describe another.
Dictionary.com: synesthesia

"Synesthesia is an involuntary joining in which the real information of one sense is accompanied by a perception in another sense. In addition to being involuntary, this additional perception is regarded by the synesthete as real, often outside the body, instead of imagined in the mind's eye.

"It also has some other interesting features that clearly separate it from artistic fancy or purple prose. Its reality and vividness are what make synesthesia so interesting in its violation of conventional perception. Synesthesia is also fascinating because logically it should not be a product of the human brain, where the evolutionary trend has been for increasing separation of function anatomically."

-R. Cytowic, "Synesthesia: A Union of the Senses" Springer-Verlag, NY (p.1)

The Internet has changed the world’s definition of what is local, what is a community and what is friendship. The Internet has blurred the lines between visual, audio and print media. It has become a synesthetic experience. People can watch TV on the computer, share videos through you tube, listen to podcasts, and use Skype to talk to someone on a different continent for free.

My purpose for this blog is to monitor media’s interactions with itself and society.

We are not at a point where media is separate anymore. Bloggers react to the news and provide news. Television has supplements on the Internet and commercials on the radio. It isn’t the passive entertainment of turning on a television anymore. Media has become completely interactive.

This blog is dedicated to that organic, hazy place where the lines blur. Where circuitry and wires fade. Where people reach across vast distances to connect with each other on a human level.