1. “It was upbeat, I had to make it orange.”

2. “Oh yeah, look at this one --
it’s abstract.”

4. Let’s chat a bit about everyone’s favorite
Synesthesia!
neurological condition....
Seeing sounds!
Tasting music!
Feeling
colors!
Wassily Kandinsky Black Strokes I
Hearing odors...?
(1913)

5. The ability to see.
The ability to
hear.
The ability to taste.
The ability to smell.
The ability to feel.

6. Kandinsky’s
Path to Abstraction
Sketches for
Impression II (Concert) (1911)
Sketches based on a concert of
composer Arthur Schoenberg’s
music. Kandinsky later said the
music he heard that evening
changed the way he thought
about art.

7. “The sound of
colors is so
definite that it
would be hard to
find anyone who
would express
bright yellow with
bass notes or
dark lake with
treble...”
- Wassily
Kandinsky
Impression II (Concert) (1911)

8. Wassily Kandinsky
“The more abstract is form, the more clear and
direct its appeal.”
Composition VII (1913)