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Monday, January 28, 2013

A Natural History of The Senses, Touch Chapter

The Touch chapter is required reading for my ART 226 course, 3D Materials and Concepts, a pre-requisite for ART 315 Ceramic Sculpture. 




A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SENSES


New York Times Bestseller


A Natural History of the Senses is a vibrant celebration of our ability to smell, taste, hear, touch, and see. Poet, pilot, naturalist, journalist, essayist, and explorer, Diane Ackerman weaves together scientific fact with lore, history, and voluptuous description. The resulting work is a startling and enchanting account of how human beings experience and savor the world.

It asks and answers such questions as: How do perfumers know which scents allure? Why does music move us? How did kissing on the mouth begin? What is our craving for chocolate? It illuminates the phenomenon of pheromones and looks into the question of whether they control us. Incorporated in its superb reporting and splendid prose are fascinating facts: Humans have about 10,000 taste buds, cows 25,000.  What are they tasting, and what are we missing? It probes such everyday mysteries as why leaves turn color in the fall and why we see them in color; and what it is that causes lovers to feel delight when they touch.

A Natural History of the Senses is at once an ingenuous exploration of the physical processes underlying our perceptions and an eloquent ode to life  a rare combination of science and poetry.  

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Monday, January 14, 2013

Downtown Peephole Project, 2013

A collaboration between 
Advanced Sculpture Students at Flagler College 
and 
Downtown Businesses in St. Augustine, Florida
April 2013
First Friday Art Walk


List of artists with their location:
Sean - Kookaburra
Katie D. - Lost and Found
Rachel - The Floridian
Tristan - Gaufres
Johanna - Bon Ami Confections
Alex - Bath Junkie
Chryssha -
Jake -  Flagler Clay Studio 8
Gabrielle - Lost Art Gallery
Brittany - Harry's Seafood
Brielle - Amiro Art Gallery
Kristen - Hi Tide Gallery
Kelsey - Panama Hat Company
Katie V. - The Closet