Personal Narrative: The Seven Senses In My Life

The seven senses – sight, smell, taste, hearing, touch, proprioception, and veromal – are invaluable to my performance in life. Some are necessary for basic function, and others are particularly enjoyable to have. The decision to lose or keep a certain sense is extremely arduous, as there are minute aspects of the senses that contribute to my everyday life in manners I do not notice. However, upon introspection, I was able to resolve the senses that I believed to be most and least imperative in my life.
Vision is indisputably the sense I most value. I consider myself both a visual artist and a scientist, both of which are fields heavily reliant on the sense of sight. I have practiced various forms of art for a considerable portion of my life, including painting, drawing, and dance. Since a young age, I have enjoyed painting and drawing; I would often draw portraits and landscapes, many of which are framed around my house. I have a sentimental attachment to these forms of art, as I not only partake in painting and drawing, but also adore seeing these art forms at museums and people’s houses. Dancing has also been a passion of mine since I began the Indian classical art form at the age of seven years old. Although I did ceased dancing after I began high school, I could not keep myself away. Once I commenced my …show more content…
This was a similar response to many other individuals in the class. While ruminating on this question, and after oscillating between the two for some time, I settled on the sense of taste as that which I would lose. My family has a history of diseases related to weight control, including diabetes and high blood pressure. After watching the people whom I love fighting these afflictions, having to face each day fearing the consequences of eating a small piece of cake or a slice of pizza, I recently became more self-conscious of my own food