Sensory

Often we ask one another, “What do you mean?” in an effort to understand something more clearly, whether it be a comment, joke, language, even a word, or in many cases objects, encounters, experiences, and sometimes other people, that are difficult to understand. All together creating meaning helps with understanding and making meaning of one another. On the other hand, language also has meaning; It has meaning that is attached to by the application of a certain group or culture. Most…

In both of the books Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery and Island by Allistar Macleod, each author plays on the readers five senses in order to give them the ability to place themselves in the context of the story in certain places in Canada, even though some of their readers have never been to Canada before. In Anne of Green Gables, there are many beautiful evocative descriptions of nature throughout the book, which gives the reader the ability to place themselves on Prince Edward Island…

Mulan The story of Mulan starts out with Mulan, a young Chinese woman in the time when Huns roamed the Earth, was studying for the ‘Matchmaker’. However, she was having a hard time recalling all the ways a woman should behave for her husband. She wanted to do well for the examination in order to preserve her family’s honor. Memory (Section) module 24 Studying and Encoding Memories is about the process of encoding, storing, and recalling memories. In order for Mulan to remember all the…

Likewise, Bacons express the clear need to break free from our chains that bind us to the contemporary world and seeing the truth by discovering our identities. The importance of self-discovery through the soul is expressed in his quote “The spirit of man is, in fact, a thing variable and full of perturbation” (Bacon 883). The variability of the spirit is symbolized in the Idol of the Cave which refers to our egos as we discover and understand the light (true knowledge) we are able to Hence,…

What makes a person blind? The state of being blind can be both physical and emotional. Physically you can literally be blind and not have the ability to see anything around you. Emotionally you can be blind in the sense of ignorance and love. There is some what of an old saying that love is blind; I believe that love can be blind. Being blind to love is in the state of which you are in love but don’t even know it. It’s like being an amazing singer and not even noticing it. Not noticing until…

For as long as I can recall I have enjoyed the ability to observe society and those that live within it, henceforth, recently in the past weeks I have enjoyed spending time with a few close acquaintances from going to a public restaurant to enjoying a motion picture flick. In all these activities I was able to not only observe the public but the environment around us and found some interesting aspect that stood out to me. Observing while spending time socialize is anything from easy as I felt…

Memory is the glue that holds one’s life in place. Memory assists in everyday life by providing essential information. Without memory, one would have a very difficult time understanding and interacting in the world. Memories are the basis of many tasks, as they allow individuals to repeat a certain motion, or remember how to do something. Emotions affect how one sees the world, as they can sometimes cause someone to only see one aspect of a situation, causing perception to differ between…

How would you feel if everything you encountered in life, you were apprehensive about? Most people would consider you paranoid or eccentric, but this was exactly what the philosopher Descartes was accredited for. In Sophie’s World by Joseph Gaarder, Descartes is one of the philosophers discussed and one who I dissented with. I comprehend his way of thinking, but I do not necessarily agree to it. Descartes’s thought development followed a series of points I disagreed with – senses may not be…

Every day around the world, people live without one of the five senses that others often take for granted. These five senses would include: the sense of touch, hearing, taste, eyesight, and smell. Occasionally, people lose certain senses as they begin to grow older, or have possibly endured a traumatic experience at some period within their life. Many elderly people live without the sense of sight or hearing. Those who have experienced severe burns or frostbite, or nerve damage, can possibly…

In an effort to describe the modernist painting, Clement Greenberg in his publication The Collected Essays and Criticism, makes simplified and exaggerated claims. Despite his best efforts, most of his assertions are shrouded in oversight and lack the necessary premises to be adjudged as an entirely objective and salient. His comments on modern art’s effects on human senses and relations with space, are one of said claims. He states: “The Old Masters created an illusion of space in depth that…