Morley wrote:Smell:
The aroma of a thick slice of whole wheat bread, still warm from the oven.
My mother used to bake bread. I could smell it down the street as I was walking home from school. The aroma carried me the last few yards.
Spirituality of the senses
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My mother used to bake bread. I could smell it down the street as I was walking home from school. The aroma carried me the last few yards.
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Rain in the desert! Quas, that is perfect
Oh for shame, how the mortals put the blame on us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is they, rather, who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond what is given... Zeus (1178 BC)
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zeezrom wrote:Rain in the desert! Quas, that is perfect
Thank you, kind Z! I remember it when I lived in Utah... the sage brush exploded in aroma when the rains fell. Here (So. Cal) the Mojave has creosote bushes. Added to the sage smell, it's even better. When I lived in the Antelope Valley you could smell the rain on the wind long before you saw any sign of it.
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Smell: The smell of burning sage
Sight: The sun hitting the Rocky Mountains right where Red Rocks Ampitheater is
Touch: warm lips on warm lips
Taste: Dove caramel promises...the perfect blend of milk chocolate and smooth caramel
Sound: the crackle of a campfire
Sight: The sun hitting the Rocky Mountains right where Red Rocks Ampitheater is
Touch: warm lips on warm lips
Taste: Dove caramel promises...the perfect blend of milk chocolate and smooth caramel
Sound: the crackle of a campfire
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just me wrote:Smell: The smell of burning sage
Sight: The sun hitting the Rocky Mountains right where Red Rocks Ampitheater is
Touch: warm lips on warm lips
Taste: Dove caramel promises...the perfect blend of milk chocolate and smooth caramel
Sound: the crackle of a campfire
The sunset lighting Red Rocks. No one can see this without feeling something. I wonder what that something is.
I don't think there is a "biological imperative" that could explain this. It's these sort of things that keep me an agnostic. I still wonder if there is something beyond the mundane that inspires us.
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There are very good reasons in the physics of optics why this image looks like this. Are there good philosophical reasons why it effects us emotionally?
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Taste: blue cheese, jalapeño sweet spread, crackers
OMG. Just tried it tonight. Spirituality!
OMG. Just tried it tonight. Spirituality!
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Smell - a newborn babies skin
sight - To look into someone else's eyes and see their soul
Touch - a rose petal
Taste - bacon wrapped scallops
Sound - quiet
sight - To look into someone else's eyes and see their soul
Touch - a rose petal
Taste - bacon wrapped scallops
Sound - quiet
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Franktalk wrote:Smell - a newborn babies skin
This so much!!! OMG, I always tell people to smell their babies for me. Literally, best scent EVER.
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just me wrote:Taste: Dove caramel promises...the perfect blend of milk chocolate and smooth caramel
Milk chocolate? Bah! Dark chocolate is the only true chocolate on the face of the earth.