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Day 12. Delight: SENSES

DrawTogether with WendyMac • 2967 implied HN points • 12 Jan 24

🎨 Art & Illustration Creativity Drawing Senses Happiness Community

Focusing on our senses can lead to creativity and delight.
Keeping a five-senses journal can spark creativity and heighten awareness.
Community and interacting with others can enhance creativity and sense of play.

GUT Visiting Artist: Gretchen Rubin

DrawTogether with WendyMac • 1257 implied HN points • 22 Oct 23

🎨 Art & Illustration Creativity Senses Drawing Inspiration Community

Gretchen Rubin highlights the link between creativity and happiness, showing how it boosts mood, energy, and social connections.
She shares about her sources of creative inspiration, like reading and visiting the Met museum, and how those experiences lead to new projects.
Gretchen suggests a creative exercise of keeping a Five-Senses Journal to spark memories, ideas, and gratitude through daily sensory experiences.

A Sensible Connection Answer

Sensible Medicine • 98 implied HN points • 20 Jan 24

🏥 Health & Wellness Senses

The article discusses DNA and RNA viruses as well as joints and senses.
It mentions specific viruses like Herpes, Smallpox, Hepatitis, and HIV.
The content encourages readers to subscribe for a 7-day free trial to access more information.

My Laptop Has No Smell

Thoughts on a Typewriter • 117 implied HN points • 13 Feb 23

🎭️ Culture Technology Books Senses

Digital devices like laptops have no smell, unlike traditional items like typewriters.
Despite the convenience of ebooks, many people still prefer physical books due to the sensory experience they offer, such as smell, feel, and sight.
Humans are drawn to sensory experiences like smell, and it influences our behaviors and preferences.

Trust Your Senses, Believe In Understanding

Joe Tourville • 2 implied HN points • 13 Jun 23

📖 Philosophy Perception Reality Senses Understanding Cognition

Our senses provide us with data, but our understanding shapes that data into meaningful knowledge.
Sometimes our senses can be misleading, so it's important to trust our understanding to grasp reality.
Perception is more than what meets the eye; it involves understanding, memory, and cognition.

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