Smells and Bells

As we were talking about connections in class I couldn’t help thinking about how much of a social creature humans are and how we need connections to survive. Human beings would not be able to survive if they didn’t have connections.  This relates back to when Diane Ackerman talked about how nurtured babies turn out better than ones that aren’t. Babies are taught how to make connections since birth, this is because it enables them to survive. Having social connections allows humans to reproduce, hunt, and protect themselves.  There was also the question of if the need for the connection comes first or finding the connection. I believe that the need for the connection comes first because they need it for survival. Humans are constantly on the lookout for connections because that is how we evolved.  I’m not sure about connections to nature or God, but I think that comes from the need to feel like you’re a part of something and that you’re included in the world around yo