Life in five senses: how exploring the senses got me out of my head and into the world

Seeing what was missing

Coming to my senses

Seeing: the voluptuousness of looking, or why no one notices the gorilla

Hearing: snow on water, or how silence can be noisy

Smelling: the fragrance of hot sun, or why "unscented" is a scent

Tasting: the taste of the tea and the cake, or why Ketchup is magic

Touching: my brain out on my fingers, or why holding this stone is lucky

Onward: the chief inlets of soul, or how the body can minister to the spirit (and vice versa)

Epilogue: wider than the sky

Acknowledgments

Try this at home: a five-senses jump-start

Further resources

Notes

Suggestions for further reading

List of works from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.