nearby there must be a jeweled tree

We've all seen this, right?

But did you ever read this nice poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti ?

I wanted to include it here, but I can't reproduce the visual effect with blogger technology, and the visual effect is very important.

I have always been fascinated by the places where visual art intersects with literary. My favorite kind of art is words evoking images or images words.

I love paintings, and I always want to write about them. I want to create the same feelings that paintings do but with words instead of paint.

Therefore I have also often wished I had Synesthesia, a "neurologically-based condition in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway." or in other words, you see the number 4 and it makes you think of the color green, or something along those lines. In my terms...I would see this painting and think of some incredible perfect words that I could use to etch the painting into the minds of others the way it was etched into mine.

I don't know if Ferlinghetti is a synesthete per se, but he has that talent that I covet for using one sense to express another.

By the way, Dawnley, I think that's what this blog is all about. You tap the visual medium and I try the written and we experiment both ways. What do you think?