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A Swirl of Synaesthesia Soup What color is evoked in the mind's nose "Fragrant" the color of flower and perfumes Is it red, green or yellow the "Fruity" color of apples, peaches, apricots and tomatoes "Citrus" colored lemon, lime and orange perhaps easier along the "Woody" and "Resinous" shades of green and hazel colors of pine or fresh cut grass perhaps overcome by the bright Chemical color of ammonia or bleach Sweet colors of chocolate, vanilla and caramel are the colors that go with the smells the color of the thing itself is Sweet a rich brown color or something lighter like an off white or completely different a turquoise or chartreuse Is Minty and Peppermint green what about the color of eucalyptus and strong colors of camphor or the color of Toasted and Nutty of freshly popped popcorn a thick slab of peanut butter or a handful of almonds along with the after dinner color of Pungent like blue cheese and cigar smoke or the Sickening and Disgusting colors of Decayed rotting meat and sour milk what do the colors smell like in a swirl of sensory soup - From the Upcoming book by Kimberly Burnham, 20 / 20 Seeing Color Around the World, a Daily Vision Health Program. More poetry, color research, and vision exercises at https://www.nervewhisperer.solutions/peace/category/color-vision Published in over 100 books, Kimberly Burnham is a writer, poet, and complementary medicine practitioner. She authored, Awakenings: Peace Dictionary, Language and the Mind, a Daily Brain Health Program for people interested in improving their brain clarity, creativity and muscle movements. Her current project focuses on color words, the brain and vision health designed to assist people in seeing better. Kimberly's Ph.D. (Integrative Medicine) considered manual therapy techniques and health coaching for people with Parkinson's disease. She is an avid gardener and environmentalist, who bicycled 3000 miles across the U.S. in 2013. Contact Kimberly at https://www.nervewhisperer.solutions/ or email her at [email protected]  Synesthesia of Colors and Smells
Research with people who have a neurological association between smells and colors show that they are quicker in naming both colors and smells than people who don't associate colors and smells. "Olfaction is often considered a vestigial sense in humans, demoted throughout evolution to make way for the dominant sense of vision. This perspective on olfaction is reflected in how we think and talk about smells in the West, with odor imagery and odor language reported to be difficult. In the present study we demonstrate odor cognition is superior in odor-color synaesthesia, where there are additional sensory connections to odor concepts. Synaesthesia is a neurological phenomenon in which input in 1 modality leads to involuntary perceptual associations. Semantic accounts of synaesthesia posit synaesthetic associations are mediated by activation of inducing concepts. Therefore, synaesthetic associations may strengthen conceptual representations. To test this idea, we ran 6 odor-color synaesthetes and 17 matched controls on a battery of tasks exploring odor and color cognition. We found synaesthetes outperformed controls on tests of both odor and color discrimination, demonstrating for the first time enhanced perception in both the inducer (odor) and concurrent (color) modality. So, not only do synaesthetes have additional perceptual experiences in comparison to controls, their primary perceptual experience is also different. Finally, synaesthetes were more consistent and accurate at naming odors. We propose synaesthetic associations to odors strengthen odor concepts, making them more differentiated (facilitating odor discrimination) and easier to link with lexical representations (facilitating odor naming). In summary, we show for the first time that both odor language and perception is enhanced in people with synaesthetic associations to odors. - Speed, L. J. and A. Majid (2018). "Superior olfactory language and cognition in odor-color synaesthesia." J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 44(3): 468-481. Exercise: Make a list of different smells and visualize what color you associate them with. "Our 100,000 taste buds elicit five different sensations, namely sweet, bitter, sour, salty, and umami (a Japanese word for a pleasant savory taste, but distinct from pure saltiness)." 10 Smell include: Fragrant (e.g. florals and perfumes) Fruity (all non-citrus fruits) Citrus (e.g. lemon, lime, orange) Woody and resinous (e.g. pine or fresh cut grass) Chemical (e.g. ammonia, bleach) Sweet (e.g. chocolate, vanilla, caramel) Minty and peppermint (e.g. eucalyptus and camphor) Toasted and nutty (e.g popcorn, peanut butter, almonds) Pungent (e.g. blue cheese, cigar smoke) Decayed (e.g. rotting meat, sour milk) https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-human-nose-can-sense-10-basic-smells-1355489504
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All Encompassing, a Found Poem Color vision encompasses many art, biochemistry, biophysics, cognitive neuroscience, color preferences design language with elusive nature the subjective experience of color challenging fascinating special science of color questions remain exciting color vision - From the Upcoming book by Kimberly Burnham, 20 / 20 Seeing Color Around the World, a Daily Vision Health Program. More poetry, color research, and vision exercises at https://www.nervewhisperer.solutions/peace/category/color-vision Published in over 100 books, Kimberly Burnham is a writer, poet, and complementary medicine practitioner. She authored, Awakenings: Peace Dictionary, Language and the Mind, a Daily Brain Health Program for people interested in improving their brain clarity, creativity and muscle movements. Her current project focuses on color words, the brain and vision health designed to assist people in seeing better. Kimberly's Ph.D. (Integrative Medicine) considered manual therapy techniques and health coaching for people with Parkinson's disease. She is an avid gardener and environmentalist, who bicycled 3000 miles across the U.S. in 2013. Contact Kimberly at https://www.nervewhisperer.solutions/ or email her at [email protected]  The Fascinating Experience of Colors: This month as part of my poetry challenge for April National Poetry Month, I am going to explore color in poetry each day. Here is the research where I found this poem.
A Tour of contemporary color vision research. "The study of color vision encompasses many disciplines, including art, biochemistry, biophysics, brain imaging, cognitive neuroscience, color preferences, colorimetry, computer modelling, design, electrophysiology, language and cognition, molecular genetics, neuroscience, physiological optics, psychophysics and physiological optics. Coupled with the elusive nature of the subjective experience of color, this wide range of disciplines makes the study of color as challenging as it is fascinating.." -Conway, B. R., R. T. Eskew, Jr., et al. (2018). "A tour of contemporary color vision research." Vision Res 151: 2-6.  This list is constantly being updated. Language—"word" (peace)—Country. I am trying to make it as comprehensive and accurate as possible. Contact Kimberly Burnham with any questions, comments, corrections or additional words.
Recently a written language again
"kev sib haum xeeb" or "kev tiaj tus" or "kev thajyeeb nyab xeeb" is peace in Hmong sometimes it takes a long word sometimes a lot of words to call peace into reality Thaaj yeeb peace in the Green or Blue Miao dialect of Hmong pronounced "tahng ying" one letter different in white "thaj yeeb" orally said "tah ying" or "kev sib haum Zeeb" is peace sometimes spelled "kev siab tus" in the White Miao dialect of Hmong or Hmong Daw at times "nyob kaj siab lug" is used peace in the white dialet A Hmong folktale says Hmong used to have a written language important information written down in a treasured book the tale explains cows and rats ate the book the Hmong language exclusively oral from that point onwards Imagine if a cow or a rat ate your only book what words would you teach your children with no way to check the truth of your words would you make up words and meanings
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Kev sib haum xeeb White Miao dialect of Hmong or Hmong Daw
"Kev sib haum xeeb" (peace), "Kev tiaj tus", "Kev thajyeeb nyab xeeb" or "Ntiaj teb no" in Hmong or Hmoob spoken in China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. "Thaaj yeeb" [tahng ying] (peace) in the Green or Blue Miao dialect of Hmong. "Thaj yeeb" [tah ying], "Kev sib haum zeeb" (peace), "Kev siab tus" or "Nyob kaj siab lug" in the White Miao dialect of Hmong or Hmong Daw at times. White Hmong spoken in Northern Laos, a Hmong-Mien language.
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What word for peace would you choose if you made up your own language? How would you spell "peace" if you had only ever heard the word and never read it? imagine if a cow or a rat ate your only book what words would you teach your children with no way to check the truth of your words would you make up words and meaning Make up a language describe the community that speaks that language what are the words for peace calm quiet tranquil Sometimes it takes more than one word to get the meaning across. It takes a community of peace to write peace in some languages. It is not a bad thing it just takes more people more connections more sounds to call peace into being. Say the word peace in whatever language you would like as loudly as you can. Tell someone about your commitment to peace and to health for yourself and others.
Using Light To Paint Poems Into Being
Light is a word and a symbol, a way of seeing and describing the world. Poems can incorporate the words for light and colors as if the pen is a paint brush creating an image that the readers modify for themselves, upon reading the words: light, dark, red, blue, shadow and sunlight. Light poems can describe what happens in the light and the darkness and the shadows, as well as illuminating a particular scene important to the poet. Light poems can be about physics and energy, the way the universe works and the sun shines and what the poet sees. Visual poetry can be a marriage of words and art each brightening the other. Visual poetry may also create visualizations, influencing the brain and what we think about as we read. Light is a word, a metaphor, and a way of seeing the community and opportunities around us. Except from The Year of The Poet February 2018 Kinzeraba, The Holy Treasure Observe a kernel of light in darkness learn goodness discovered within evil live until death fully ever a role for human beings in cosmic explosions Growth in the world two branches of olive meeting across four sides of the universe draped in pure shimmering silk the book of life first to last pages flutter full Great blessings rise up all colors streaming from light and water comes expansive life Light Switching on at work darkest day just beginning power gratitude Paws & Hooves Together paws and hooves pounding the frozen landscape wearing a path where they sprint like a pack of wild ones Two sleep inside slumbering on the carpet near the bed Two rest outside laying snuggly together in a small barn Meeting in the daylight to dash and dart paws and hooves thundering
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Chronic Pain, From An Alternative Medicine Perspective Pain abounds in our community, but so too does joy and success and creative solutions. The pain in a child's face, tears streaming after a fall on the grassy hill or the scratch of a tree branch. The pain of loss with the death of an uncle. The pain of sore muscles after a 100 mile bicycle ride. The pain of a chronically injured shoulder stiff in the morning. The pain of rejection of a friend shaming you in public. What to do about all the pain? Noticing someone else's pain, reaching out to them and doing what we can to alleviate the pain is a sign of brain health. It can be scary to see someone in pain. I might wonder if their pain is contagious. Will I have pain if I help them? Seeing someone in pain can also make me wonder about my own fragility and vulnerability to pain. But reaching out with caring and compassion strengthens the connections in my brain, improves my clarity and cognitive function. Medical research also indicates that from a brain perspective and perceptual point of view there is very little difference between social emotional pain and physical pain. The children's taunt, "sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me!" is simply not true. So what can I do with my skills in complementary and alternative medicine to help my community find the creative solutions? What does Traditional Chinese Medicine, Acupressure, CranioSacral Therapy, Matrix Energetics or Reiki have to say about pain and all the ways to alleviate it? Color Yourself Comfortable Traditional Chinese Medicine shines the way catching bits of colored light striking eyeballs and skin penetrating inward to the emotional body shifting physical and emotional pain Yellow the color of the stomach and spleen fuels immune and detoxification on the clock at work exchanging nutrients for toxins The color of bile rises and soothes anger green the nourishing light of a cool forest Heart beat red colors of blood flow rich in iron nutrients digested in the small intestine A large white breath drawing in the color of snow assuaging the grief of loss with oxygen on the path to muscles breathe in plus a long breath out find that sweet spot of comfort Blue flows the water elements the kidney deciding what will stay and what goes forward and out draining fear from life leaving in its place joy and comfort Acupressure Hands Healing Pain Three points times two improving pain conditions soothing the autonomic nervous system In the neck GB 21, SI 14 and SI 15, In the arms LI 4, LI 10 and LI 11 After acupressure she said it feels better my neck moves easier the muscles soft and supple racing heart slowing to a calm even beat - Research from Matsubara, T., Y. C. Arai, et al. (2011). "Comparative effects of acupressure at local and distal acupuncture points on pain conditions and autonomic function in females with chronic neck pain." Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 2011." http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2952311/pdf/ECAM2011-543291.pdf Subatomic Light Visualization: Where Exactly is the Pain? This exercise and visualization can be used for any part of the body. Here we focus on the neck and shoulders. 1. Take a couple of deep breaths and close your eyes. Rest the eyelids and turn vision and intuition inward. 2. Start to focus on the neck and shoulders. Make sure your hands and arms are in a relaxed position. Let your elbows and shoulders relax. Feel your head sitting comfortably on top of the neck with your spine aligned. Be loose and supportive. 3. Name the structures as you relax them. Relax your right shoulder, elbow, wrist and fingers. Focus on the left shoulder. How does it feel different as you relax the muscles in both shoulders? 4. Feel the fabric of the clothing on your shoulders. Is it easier to notice the top of the shoulder or the upper arm where the fabric meets the skin? Feel the clothing or fabric or air as it meets your skin throughout your body. 5. Now focus on a deeper layer. Which side is more comfortable? Can you visualize and feel the muscles, ligaments, tendons, cartilage, bones, blood vessels, nerve fibers and all the tissues that make up your shoulders, neck and throat. 6. Move inward to a smaller layer - the cellular level. Notice the difference in the color of muscle cells and red blood cells. Feel the density and flexibility in the bone cells compared with the tendon cells. 7. Then go even deeper. Embrace life inside the cells, each cell as it listens.Notice the activity of the cell walls pulsing positive and negative. What are the tiny organelles within the cells doing. Here lie the mitochondria, the powerhouse of the cells and the genetic material. Feel the movement as the cells of the right shoulder breathes - taking in oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide. Is there a sense of comfort at this level? 8. Then deeper still into the realm of atoms. Notice the carbon atoms with electrons spinning around neutrons and protons. Feel the space at the atomic level with a stable core around which electrons circle, balanced in their orbits. Does the front of the neck feel different from the back of the neck at this level? Is there comfort at the atomic vibration? 9. Then telescope into the weird and wacky realm of quantum physics, quarks and bits where electrons pop in and out of existence, where nothing is real and everything is vital. Feel the flow in your shoulders as electrons pop in and out of existence, spinning free in space, where they have as much space as they want., where photons and bits of light shine out through the neck and shoulders with warmth, compassion and creativity. 10. Now look around this tiny universe inside your shoulder at the cells and tissues that make up the muscles, ligaments, tendons, cartilage, bones, blood vessels, nerve fibers and all the tissues that create the reality of your shoulders, neck and throat. 11. Notice again the feeling of the fabric of your clothing on your skin. Does the temperature feel different where there is a sweater or a shirt or bare skin touching the air? 12. Breathe in some of that air and expand your senses out into the room as you feel the air in the room. Is it still or moving? What do you hear around you? And finally when you are ready open your eyes and notice all the things that have changed in you and in your surroundings. Visualizing yourself with an expanded sense of ease. Meditating on the ways to bring success and comfort to all those in your community of humanity as you reach out to yourself and others with compassion. https://www.nervewhisperer.solutions/peace/category/community-of-humanity-blog http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/the-community-of-humanity.php |
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I am looking for guest blog opportunities and a position as poet-in-residence. My current project is writing dictionary poems using words in different languages for the English word "peace." You can read some of my poems on Poemhunter . As poet-in-residence I would write poems on different words in different languages and broadcast them throughout the social media blogosphere. Each poem would link back to your site where the word or language appeared. I would expect some sort of stipend and a six month to one year placement. Please contact me for details if your organization is interested in having a poet-in-residence to help get your message out. [email protected] 
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