Sensuality

I’ve read a lot of writing on the senses, both about humans and other animals, and it’s really striking to me that people gravitate towards big, sweeping statements about humans as a species that clearly don’t apply to all members of the species. One of the most common things you’ll read on this topic, from almost any source, is that humans are a v... See more

He says if he was a catfish, he would jump into a vat of chocolate because you could taste chocolate with your butt.

EY: That’s right. Yeah, absolutely.

AW: Imagine if humans could taste throughout their entire body! What a great image, right? Tasting chocolate—

EY: With your butt.

AW: With your butt.

we are confined by the constraints of our own sensors. Other animals operate under different constraints and so perceive a very different world than what we are familiar with.

Just to be clear

I don’t want to get out

without a broken heart.

I intend to leave this life

so shattered

there better be a thousand separate heavens

for all of my separate parts

And none of those parts are going to be wearing the romance from the overpriced vintage rack

That is to say I am not going to get a single speed bike if I can’t make it up the h... See more