[ WP ] You have synesthesia and you work in an art gallery

I like my job. I mean, that ’ s something. And it ’ s not like I chose it BEACAUSE I ’ m synesthetic. At least I think so. I just really like art. So I became a guide in art gallery. But it ’ s not even THAT fun. We don ’ t have many original paintings, and I believe that copies don ’ t have the same sound as originals. I don ’ t know, maybe it ’ s just me. But you know that feeling when something you thought was original turns out to be a fraud? It ’ s just feels wrong. It looks the same, sure, but it doesn ’ t *feel* the same. And it also doesn ’ t sound the same. 
 
 But we are getting off track here. So you might think that my favorite art would probably be modern art – you know, all those funny sounds, different tones, notes. But well, it does not sound like dubstep. It ’ s just a mess of weird, unrecognizable sounds. Although I really do like Pollock ’ s *Mural*. Those swirls are great, like musical stave. They guide you to different scales, and sounds that yellow and that funny green of his make – oh God, beautiful symphony. A bit like Beethoven ’ s Moonlight Sonata. Bottom is more like second part, and the more you move to top the more of third movement can be heard. 
 
 Same with Van Gogh ’ s Starry Night. The sky is like Summer from Four Seasons of Vivaldi, with stars and moon being Presto. Cyprus tree is spring – but the calm one. There ’ s not really much to the village, I must admit. A bit of Autumn ’ s Largo. And the middle is hard. That swirl right there – very difficult to compare. I wouldn ’ t say it ’ s the best part ( I personally prefer the rest of sky ). It kind of mixes up Largo of Autumn and Presto of Summer – it ’ s ok, but could be better. 
 
 I very much prefer older paintings, especially Rococo and Renaissance. I bet everyone wants to know how Mona Lisa sounds like – and I must say nothing extraordinary. The painting and colors are rather calm, nothing dynamic over there. And it hurts the music. It sounds like sea. Waves are lazy and slow, they don ’ t really clash but kind of dab the shore. 
 
 But Rococo, that ’ s different story. Let ’ s take The Swing by Fragonard. The woman in the center is just a full orchestra, playing in perfect harmony one of fastest arrangement of Dance of the Hours by Amilcare Ponchielli I ’ ve ever heard. But there are no clash cymbals. 
 
 I could go on and on with this, but let ’ s cut it short. I also hear buildings, tough they are rather low pitched. And I got used to it, so there ’ s nothing to describe. I only work one way – so I don ’ t see colors while hearing sounds. And also, I do not paint. I can ’ t paint. I mean, I can, but then the sounds are terrible, and I feel terrible. And if the sounds are nice, then the whole composition and coloring is hell. So I don ’ t do art. But I like it. 
 
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 No synesthesia whatsover, just wanted to have a go at imagining it. Also, it does differate a bit from normal synesthesia from what I know. But he kind of fits the description, so here you go! 

