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What Do Billy Joel, Frankenstein, Itzhak Perlman and David Hockney Have In Common? 

April 15, 2025
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They all have synesthesia…

The famous artist David Hockney, perceives music as color, shape, and configuration, and uses these perceptions when painting opera stage sets.

Russian painter Kandinsky combines color, hearing, touch, and smell.

In fact, people from all walks of the art world have synesthesia.

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Music, Sound and Seizures

August 17, 2014
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Everyone knows that listening to music can be calming — a steady rain storm can induce sleep — and white noise can help keep focus at bay.

But sound therapy has a long history and is being used as a successful form of therapy in many conditions…

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