Links: Synesthesia + Poetry, Photo, Madrid Misc.

• Poetry Comes from Our Tree-Climbing Ancestors, Neuroscientist Says | Wired Science from Wired.com
  The essence of art is, arguably, metaphor, and its practitioners are especially prolific — and metaphor is just a convenient shorthand for the connection of unlinked cognitive phenomena. That’s exactly what appears to happen in the minds of synesthetes
  (tags: poetry science mind psychology creativity)
• Kanako Sasaki
  Quirky narrative environmental/staged portraiture. Esp. like Wanderlustful and Walking in the Jungle. Really odious Flash interface makes browsing a drag. (via winter sleep)
  (tags: photography portraits)
• Google Maps
  Free wifi in Madrid.
  (tags: madrid wifi travel spain)
• El Rastro
  Flea market in Madrid.
  (tags: madrid spain travel consume)
• The 3 best places to eat chocolate & churros in Madrid | Venere Travel Blog
  Yum
  (tags: chocolate food travel madrid spain)
• Notes from Madrid
  Madrid city guide/blog in English.
  (tags: blog travel madrid spain)
• Domestic AC power plugs and sockets – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Because I never know what to bring where.
  (tags: travel tips reference electronics)