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.