The brain is a magical organ. It can fool us at times, making us believe almost anything.

Colors are bright and intense for some and muted shades of gray for the colorblind.

Many years ago, I had a young woman friend who had been blind since birth. One day she mentioned something was red. I don’t recall what the conversation was about but her comment sounded as if she knew what the color red looked like.

I asked her how she knew about colors. She told me she associated different colors with how they might feel. Different shades red felt from warm to burning hot. Blue shades felt cool to ice cold. Green shades felt damp to soaking wet.

That was an interesting concept I had never considered. What other narratives do our brains withhold or tell us about the world around us?