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Hildegarde Haas and synesthesia

Exhibitions, StoriesBy Kevin SeymourJuly 26, 2022Leave a comment

Hildegarde Haas was born with a unique and astounding ability;  The ability to see sounds. Gifted with a condition known as synesthesia, when Haas heard certain sounds she would see colors and shapes. Synesthesia is a perceptual phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory…

Bateba: Connection to the Spirit World

Exhibitions, StoriesBy Kevin SeymourApril 15, 2021Leave a comment

 Bateba, (Lobi for – carved wooden figure), are anthropomorphic effigies created and used by the Lobi peoples of Western Africa as intermediaries to the spirits who watch over them. The Lobi are a small part, (less than 200,000 en masse), of an ethnic group of people originating from today’s Ghana that now occupy parts of…

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