Autumn sounds like
- noses being sniffed
- leaf blowers mimicking the lawnmowers of summer and spring
- fallen leaves scraping, tapping the pavement
- swaying tree branches, dry leaves bristling in the wind
- seasonal sneezes
- people mourning the impending winter
Autumn smells like
- dry dirt
- warm spices-- cardamom, cinnamon, cloves
- apples
- earth
Autumn tastes like
- apples
- pumpkins
- herbal tea
- bitter air
- fear
Autumn feels like
- brisk, cool winds
- air that starts to dry out the skin
- red noses
- leaves crunching underneath shoes
Autumn looks like
- quietly flaming trees
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Showing posts with label sight. Show all posts
Thursday, October 27
Wednesday, September 7
Eyebrows!
Eyebrows-- did you raise them when you read the title of this blog post, wondering what I could possible have to say about eyebrows? Or did they furrow, perhaps? Or maybe you just chuckled, probably inwardly, and let your eyeballs express your emotion for you by letting them roll. Yes: eyebrows. They are important.
Eyes may be the windows to the soul, but the eyebrows frame the eyes and are important, too, because:
- they work in concert with the eyes to express various emotions
- they help stop sweat from rolling directly down the forehead and into the eyeballs (usually)
- they are defining feature in the landscape of a face. Groucho Marx and Brooke Shields are just two people (the first names I could instantly draw from memory) who are known in part for their distinct brows. In the early days of the Obama administration, FLOTUS Michelle Obama was perceived has having "angry-looking eyebrows" for the way they were (and are?) very arched; I think that since then her eyebrows are not as arched or curved or sloping ( I can't figure out the most apt adjective so just choose one of those and pretend I got it right in one go).
Going back to the first listed point: considered the plasticine character Gromit, of the many "Wallace and Gromit" films, short and feature-length. He doesn't speak at all but conveys exactly how he feels through the use of his motions, especially with his brow (singular). Just look here:
Fantastic, yeah? The Power of the Brow! Often you hear or read about people raving about a celebrity's gorgeous eyes or full lips or curvaceous body but less often is there admiration given to eyebrows. I don't regularly wear make-up but recently I've been filling in my eyebrows before going out. Technically that counts as make-up, doesn't it... but it doesn't look like I'm wearing anything on my face (apart from my glasses, of course). My eyebrow hairs are dark but they are sparse, so I draw short strokes wherever there are balder patches; to me the end result is noticeable and improves the balance of my face, but I wonder how much a difference it seems to other people. It's a subtle effect, but I like the way it looks when I take the time to do it and do it properly. I can't be bothered to alter any other facial feature on a daily basis but I do feel like it's worth giving my eyebrows some special attention, important as they are.
Eyes may be the windows to the soul, but the eyebrows frame the eyes and are important, too, because:
- they work in concert with the eyes to express various emotions
- they help stop sweat from rolling directly down the forehead and into the eyeballs (usually)
- they are defining feature in the landscape of a face. Groucho Marx and Brooke Shields are just two people (the first names I could instantly draw from memory) who are known in part for their distinct brows. In the early days of the Obama administration, FLOTUS Michelle Obama was perceived has having "angry-looking eyebrows" for the way they were (and are?) very arched; I think that since then her eyebrows are not as arched or curved or sloping ( I can't figure out the most apt adjective so just choose one of those and pretend I got it right in one go).
Going back to the first listed point: considered the plasticine character Gromit, of the many "Wallace and Gromit" films, short and feature-length. He doesn't speak at all but conveys exactly how he feels through the use of his motions, especially with his brow (singular). Just look here:
Fantastic, yeah? The Power of the Brow! Often you hear or read about people raving about a celebrity's gorgeous eyes or full lips or curvaceous body but less often is there admiration given to eyebrows. I don't regularly wear make-up but recently I've been filling in my eyebrows before going out. Technically that counts as make-up, doesn't it... but it doesn't look like I'm wearing anything on my face (apart from my glasses, of course). My eyebrow hairs are dark but they are sparse, so I draw short strokes wherever there are balder patches; to me the end result is noticeable and improves the balance of my face, but I wonder how much a difference it seems to other people. It's a subtle effect, but I like the way it looks when I take the time to do it and do it properly. I can't be bothered to alter any other facial feature on a daily basis but I do feel like it's worth giving my eyebrows some special attention, important as they are.
Thursday, September 1
If the world were an enormous nudist colony...
I've never visited a clothing-optional beach, nor have I ever been to a nudist colony/community. I'd just like to take this time to consider what it would be like if everyone in the entire world were made to not wear clothing. Before I continue I want to acknowledge the obvious and/or silly problems with this scenario:
1) it's not warm enough everywhere to merit going about without clothing.
2) it's not practical/sanitary to go about without clothing, especially when performing certain tasks such as operating machinery or cooking/baking or jogging, etc.
3) you can't make everyone go clothesless. And Fashion Industry Is Powerful.
Having gotten those three broad categories of concern out of the way, here are some of the hypothetical beneefits of my aforementioned scenario:
1) there would be less sexual harassment and rape (the reasoning behind this is that, in many instances, rapists claim that the person/people they raped were "asking for it" due to the way s/he dressed)
2) pornography, as commonly defined today, wouldn't exist
3) there would be more body acceptance and acknowledgement of what the human anatomy looks like without any non-surgical enhancement
4) the world would be more conscious/concerned about cleanliness
5) you get the point?
This is where I would try to make some transition into the argument for letting women walk around topless, just as men are allowed to walk about in public without shirts on. But that is a topic for another day. And this topic would easily transition to the tangentially related issue of bras; alas, a subject for yet another separate post.
1) it's not warm enough everywhere to merit going about without clothing.
2) it's not practical/sanitary to go about without clothing, especially when performing certain tasks such as operating machinery or cooking/baking or jogging, etc.
3) you can't make everyone go clothesless. And Fashion Industry Is Powerful.
Having gotten those three broad categories of concern out of the way, here are some of the hypothetical beneefits of my aforementioned scenario:
1) there would be less sexual harassment and rape (the reasoning behind this is that, in many instances, rapists claim that the person/people they raped were "asking for it" due to the way s/he dressed)
2) pornography, as commonly defined today, wouldn't exist
3) there would be more body acceptance and acknowledgement of what the human anatomy looks like without any non-surgical enhancement
4) the world would be more conscious/concerned about cleanliness
5) you get the point?
This is where I would try to make some transition into the argument for letting women walk around topless, just as men are allowed to walk about in public without shirts on. But that is a topic for another day. And this topic would easily transition to the tangentially related issue of bras; alas, a subject for yet another separate post.
Sunday, August 28
Today, as represented by...
a song:
an odor:
musty
a book:
a tactile feeling:
damp
a taste:
an odor:
musty
a book:
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| http://knowledgelost.org/literature/reading-lists/1001-books-you-must-read-before-you-die/wuthering-heights |
a tactile feeling:
damp
a taste:
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| https://www.eastcoastcatalogue.com/store/default.php?cPath=63 |
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