sensory memory and the points of connection
SENSORY MEMORIES AND THE POINTS OF CONNECTION
I believe that our “collective experience” - shared emotions, sensations and information essential in establishing “the points of connection” between people are, for the most part, sensory memories rather than new sensory processes. The information registered in our brains usually is far richer than the mere reaction to the stimuli. The smell of old books transports me to the time when I had a large collection of theater books, my beginnings in the theater and more importantly, to the person I was then. Somewhere in those memories there’s a - most of the time - ”indescribable feeling” which is “familiar” to many of us - a point of connection.
I believe that our “collective experience” - shared emotions, sensations and information essential in establishing “the points of connection” between people are, for the most part, sensory memories rather than new sensory processes. The information registered in our brains usually is far richer than the mere reaction to the stimuli. The smell of old books transports me to the time when I had a large collection of theater books, my beginnings in the theater and more importantly, to the person I was then. Somewhere in those memories there’s a - most of the time - ”indescribable feeling” which is “familiar” to many of us - a point of connection.
the vomeronasal sense and the virtual connections
THE VOMERONASAL SENSE AND THE POINTS OF CONNECTION
In addition to touch, hearing, sight, taste and smell and the additional two senses attributed to humans: proprioception (kinesthetic) and vestibular (balance) senses, I believe that the vomeronasal sense - which is present in newborn humans - is still active in some adults and it’s not limited to the perception of pheromones. Whether or not my hypothesis about the eight senses is scientifically accurate is of no importance for this proposal. What matters is exploring the link between the senses directly involved in a virtual connection (sight and hearing) and the sensory memories that could help us “evoke” the other senses. I’m particularly curious about the vomeronasal sense because I believe this to be my “super-sense” … a sense highly developed in me which provides me with an unique perspective of things.
In addition to touch, hearing, sight, taste and smell and the additional two senses attributed to humans: proprioception (kinesthetic) and vestibular (balance) senses, I believe that the vomeronasal sense - which is present in newborn humans - is still active in some adults and it’s not limited to the perception of pheromones. Whether or not my hypothesis about the eight senses is scientifically accurate is of no importance for this proposal. What matters is exploring the link between the senses directly involved in a virtual connection (sight and hearing) and the sensory memories that could help us “evoke” the other senses. I’m particularly curious about the vomeronasal sense because I believe this to be my “super-sense” … a sense highly developed in me which provides me with an unique perspective of things.