instant synesthetic reaction

SYNESTHESIA, according to wikipedia, is "a neurologically based phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway..." blah blah blah. Google it if you want some interesting reading. We all experience it to varying degrees.
In the context of my work, this work in particular, it is as simple as a color associated with all the sensations that are associated with a memory (whether or not that memory is specific, vague, or the sum of many sensations)



The synesthetic experience goes beyond colors, into gesture; the gesture of a line, a brush stroke, the figure's position, shapes and composition.




http://www.kayakpsych.smugmug.com/gallery/3730374#214206812-A-LB



these paintings are probably a combination of a reaction against the paintings that are very involved and take a long time to make as well as the past three weekends of crashing down hillsides in fast moving water in my kayak.



http://www.kayakpsych.smugmug.com/gallery/3730374#214256627-A-LB



I wanted something that was fast and airy, work that was immediate and furious, an instant reaction to a feeling of movement.



http://www.flickr.com/photos/15773601@N06/1795112990/