How does Sensory Experience Translate to Visual expression

     As human beings, we are forced to use our senses everyday for virtually every action we take.  Whether its smelling a burning building or smelling overcooked food on the stove we use our senses for life-threatening situations and mundane tasks.  However, among all five of our senses one sense seems to reign supreme.  That is our sense of sight.  Often we can rely on our sense of sight so much that we give our other senses less credit.  When we experience a sense other than our sight and to translate that sense into a visual message, we then become translators of our senses.
     One way that Sensory experience translates into visual expression is emotion.  At a most primitive level humans will evoke emotion from the things that influence them.  When we hear music, for example, we incite specific emotions that are associated with a specific genre or style of music.  When we have these emotions we can translate them to paper or some form of visual medium.  So basically as humans, sounds incite emotions that we feel and with our particular classroom activity, we used our emotions to channel visual creativity.
     A second way that we channel creativity from our ears to our hands and eyes is through symbolism.  Throughout our lives we are shaped by society and institutions around us to recognize symbols.  Because of this, we often draw symbols in reaction to specific tones, melodies, and rythmns of music.
      Lastly, sensory experience can also have strong ties to memories and experiences.  Therefore, a noise or a smell that makes us remember something could cause our hands to draw something from those past events.
     In conclusion, our senses are intertwined and reflect each other.  As humans we use emotions, symbols, and memories to relay to our brain our sensory experience.