<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>I'm just taking up list space here to say - Andre, I thought what you wrote = about the hammers was simply delightful and inspiring, and I second Jason's = sentiments here. Thanks for all you share!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>-ilex</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left>-----Original Message----- From: = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of = antares Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 1:56 PM To: = Pianotech Subject: OT Re: kinesthesia, visual cortex, delicious foodstuffs and = language differences. </DIV> On 13-okt-04, at 8:14, jason = kanter wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE>I do so enjoy the play across senses, which can become = quite weird and is called kinesthesia. At its extremes there are = phenomena like someone who experiences tastes as shapes. Roast beef was like = arches to a man I heard on the radio. More common is to experience sound as = color, and no doubt there was some of this in Mozart who felt the key of = D to be yellow. And when hammers are like ice cream or -- can't quite = remember the wonderful way Oleg describes sounds -- It is an openness to = the experience that transcends any single sense. I feel in the = presence of similar genius. Jason </BLOCKQUOTE> Hello, = especially to Jason Kantor, and List, The other day I really, and totally, misinterpreted your "cortex and delicious food" email. I tried to = contact you off list but my messages were bounced back to me. By reading = your kind reaction the next morning, and through the kind aid of others here on = this list, I began to understand that I had made a grave mistake. It is = clear to me that email traffic can be hazardous at times because in most cases = one does not really know 'the other(s)', one does not know what they look like, = and, in our mutual case, the language barrier may prove to be higher than we = think, despite the ability of non-native English speakers to speak and write = in English, more or less. So I sincerely thought you were making fun = of me and I felt hurt because of it. Because I have understood that this is certainly not the case, I, again, would like to offer you my = apologies and, at the same time, would like to warn my fellow non-American/English list subscribers that life sometimes may = seem different on 'paper'. Sometimes, I even wonder whether it is 'wise' = to become a subscriber to an email forum where the majority speaks a = 'different language'. On the other hand, both this list, and the internet have = a common place for people all over the World with English (Inkelish) as = the language everybody uses here, and there, and everywhere, so we, = non-native English users stumble on, make really miserable language mistakes = and... sometimes create unwanted trouble. Nevertheless, I absolutely = enjoy being a subscriber to this list and its members and will sincerely try = to learn from my lessons. friendly greetings from André Oorebeek "where Music is, no harm can be" </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>