Senses

Have you ever stopped to really think about your senses? Sure, you feel hot or taste something yummy, but have you ever thought about it?

For example, I look at the sky and I see blue. You look at the sky and see blue. How do we know that we're seeing the same thing? What if what you're seeing is what I see when I say "red", but you've just always been told that it's blue? Think about it. The grass is green. But is my green the exact same as your green? Maybe what you see and call green is really purple in my eyes.

I promise I'm not drunk. Just feeling philosophical.

The reason I bring this up is because I don't think that people hear music the way I do. I know, sounds a little conceited, but I think I hear music in a way that no one else does. I think certain chords or keys or notes hit me in ways that other people just don't get. I'm not sure if that makes a lot of sense...

Here's a little experiment for you. Call your cell phone, your house, your voicemail and leave a message. While you're doing it, really focus on how your voice sounds. Then listen to the message. Sounds totally different. Same sound, right? Why does it sound different then? Well, science tells us that when you speak your voice sounds different because you hear the reverberations in your head. When you listen to your voice recorded it sounds different because you no longer hear the same reverberations. That has to hold true for all other sounds, right? I mean, we all have differently shaped ears, ear canals, nasal passages, etc. So sound going in is going to be different on each one right?

I'm thoroughly perplexed...