According to our in-class discussions, art must have some level of intentionality and it must conform to the basic essentials of art. Yet, we, the audience, often alter the art with our own perceptions. We experience art through our senses. We see color; we hear sound. Yet, if our senses change in some way, our perception of art changes as a result. A canvas painted in a motley assortment of colors may be intended to be lively, but it might be lifeless to someone who is colorblind. Similarly, some individuals with synesthesia can perceive visual images in music. The combination of color and music must change the impact in some way, simply because the senses are gaining more information from which to formulate a meaning.
The topic of synesthesia presents a question of its own: if an individual with synesthesia composes a series of tones with the goal of creating a visual image, how should it be classified? Is it music, a visual art, or something else?
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