What is often failed to be mentioned in all superficial and in most in-depth studies regarding synesthesia, to date, is the fact that the basic procedure of info-trespass between synapses (and between different areas of the brain) depends largely on the individual present set-up of his or her brain automized activity. In simpler words, everyone knows that most human beings have one side of the brain dominating over the other, which in turns tend to lead to specific characteristics and personality traits - mostly, these characteristics converge towards specific choices of interests and professions, and it is these which 'label' a person, at least in our society. To simplify even more, an artist may be a synesthete just as much as a synesthete may never become an artist. It is wrong to label a synesthete with a set of specific professions, because it is not the process itself that causes a choice of interests: it is the way information leaks and overruns boundaries within the various areas of the brain that causes choices, and the specific activity of each individual in his or her various areas of the brain allows access and manifestation via all senses in a stronger or weaker way.
Now, the interesting part is when both major sides of the brain are active in a levelled way, which is rather rare, and even rarer if the whole brain is completely balanced in its activity: it is under these circumstances that synesthesia thrives at its maximum, of course, and this state cannot in any way be defined as a mere 'condition', like if it was some sort of pathology. Terminology in all that regards synesthesia must be renewed from A to Z (or from full red to sharp red, as you will...) because many people are still hammered with sentences such as 'suffer synesthesia' or 'brain disfunction' or 'under this condition', which causes the weaker willed individual to become even more withdrawn and, at times, paranoid.
Now, the interesting part is when both major sides of the brain are active in a levelled way, which is rather rare, and even rarer if the whole brain is completely balanced in its activity: it is under these circumstances that synesthesia thrives at its maximum, of course, and this state cannot in any way be defined as a mere 'condition', like if it was some sort of pathology. Terminology in all that regards synesthesia must be renewed from A to Z (or from full red to sharp red, as you will...) because many people are still hammered with sentences such as 'suffer synesthesia' or 'brain disfunction' or 'under this condition', which causes the weaker willed individual to become even more withdrawn and, at times, paranoid.