We sense something odd

Describe your 5 senses. Which are your favorites and least favorites?

 

This month’s Blog Carnival** topic is the five senses. You know, sense of sight, sound, smell, touch and taste. This got us thinking about which or our senses most drive our work. On reflection, to our surprise, the “big 5” didn’t even make the list. 

Sense of wonder

Sense of humor

Sense of Responsibility

Sense of place

Sense of Security

Sense of Community

Sense of equilibrium

Sense of Purpose

Sense of Outrage

Sense of entitlement

Sense of shame

Sense of Motion

Sense of Horror

Common Sense

A sense of perpetual wonder – at the world we live in – is what makes us anxious to jump out of bed in the morning. Each day is an adventure that brings both good and bad, all of which pulls, pushes and transforms the work that gets filtered through our experience and perceptions of the of the world around us.

 

These experiences inevitably stimulate other senses which bubble to the surface of our work in many strange ways. Sometimes they manifest themselves as conscious statements, as when our sense of humor

 

 

 

or sense of outrage is triggered.

 

 Other times, we find ideas creeping into the work because of our sense of community or sense of place.

 We have a sense of responsibility to the people around us, coupled with a strong sense of purpose in what we are doing. This has in no small part contributed to a sense of equilibrium and a sense of security in ourselves, each other, and our work. 

 ** Blog Carnival is the random zeitgeist of  EtsyMetal, a loose cabal of international creative conspirators dedicated to overthrowing the global lack of imagination.