"Yet Leonardo reflected sadly that the average human "looks without seeing, listens without hearing, touches without feeling, eats without tasting, moves without physical awareness, inhales without awareness of odour or fragrance, and talks without thinking."
"What is the most beautiful thing you have ever seen? The sweetest sound you've ever heard? The most exquisitely tender touch? Imagine a sublimely delicious taste and a haunting, delectable aroma. How does your experience of one sense affect all the others?"
When I read this question, "What is the sweetest sound you've ever heard?", several things come to mind but one of the strongest is the Nikolaj Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade violin solo that the character Hardison (played by Aldis Hodge) plays in an episode of the TV show, Leverage. Sounds like a weird combination, right? Just close your eyes and listen to it.
Just let everything stop and listen again. You can find longer renditions of this piece of music that will give you more time to stop and immerse yourself in this powerful music for a moment in time. That's what our senses can give us if we give them a moment in time.
There are a wide range of exercises laid out in the book to expand our awareness of our senses. What are some of the things that come to your mind when you consider becoming more aware of the information you are taking in through your senses?
From the book, "How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci" by Michael J. Gelb.
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