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synaesthesia: an arts and literary magazine published by the students, faculty, and staff of the Keck School of Medicine

A brief history

Synaesthsia was created in the Spring of 2004 by a group of students and faculty at the Keck School of Medicine with the hope of providing USC's health sciences community with a forum for creative expression.

Volume One of the magazine was published online in the Spring of 2005, with the ultimate goal of publishing both online and printed versions once a year.

Synaesthsia defined

Derived from the Greek words "syn," meaning union, and "aesthesis," meaning sensation. In medical terms, synaesthesia is a condition in which one type of stimulation evokes the sensation of another. To someone with this condition, listening to an opera my elicit the experience of seeing a painting, with each instrument corresponding to a particular color. Or, the taste of a grapefruit may conjure up the feeling of a triangular shape. In other words, synaesthesia is a crossing of the senses.

Hopefully, the written and visual artwork in Synaesthsia, will give the reader the chance to evoke their own feelings of synaestheia.

Submissions

For more information on submitting your written or visual work, contact Synaesthesia.

We reserve the right to edit submissions for content and/or length.

Synaesthesia staff

Editorial board: Cristina Cunanan, Janet Kim, Thomas Lombardi, Karen Olaes

Faculty advisors: Pamela Schaff, Robert Tager

Web design by Thomas Lombardi and Cristina Cunanan

We would like to thank Scott Ruston and USC's Institute for Multimedia Literacy for their help in the production of this website.