Senses and Me
Smell - I liked when Ackerman wrote that “we each have our own aromatic memories.” Being from a family that cooks almost every night I love when I can smell all the different foods being made from all the way down the hallway in my room. One of my favourite's being my mom's Cassava Pie. Like Ackerman said, it is hard to describe a smell to someone who hasn't smelt it before so I don't think I could even try. When I come back to the states, I bring Cassava Pie with me so that I can eat it while I'm away from home. When I heat it up and smell that memory filled aroma, all of sudden I am sitting in the living room watching a movie with my family while we wait for the pie to bake. Touch - “Touch allows us to find our way in the world in the darkness or in other circumstances where we can’t fully use our other senses. " This quote is found in the section, The Skin Has Eyes. This quote reminds me of all the hurricanes that would pass Bermuda, knocking our power o...