----- A phrase keeps popping up in
my head. I've been reading lately about the self-taught Indian mathematical
semimystical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920). His Cambridge colleague
Littlewood once remarked that "every positive integer was one of his personal
friends." I sense deeply that every component of music which most of us
ordinarily think of as technical or mechanical likewise elicited strong
personal feelings from and vivid relationships with Gould.
Jim here, nice comment. And
thanks for bringing up the topic of synesthesia . I've always meant to
getting around to reading more about synesthesia, and now it looks like I
will. Has that neurological expert and popular writer Oliver Sacks
written about this as well?
If I remember correctly, didn't
Ramunujan have a tough time late in life, later that is for a genius
mathematician, in his late 20's and thereafter? Or maybe I'm confusing him
with that self taught chess grandmaster whose name I certainly can't
recall.
Bye
Jim