Our Oasis Meme was created to ponder, encourage, and mostly celebrate all that is Young Adult. Each week we post a question about writing, publishing, and/or young adult topics/issues and the next week we answer it.
We'd love for you to grab our Meme Motto, join us every Thursday, and connect with other Oasis Seekers and the YA community at large.This Week's Topic: Which of your five senses do you most appreciate and why?
This is an intensely tough question for me. I am Sense person at heart. I love the eyes, and am a true believer they are the windows to the soul. Smells are interesting and can be used to create scenes from serious to humorous. Sounds and tastes can do the same, creating a unique world or setting. But for today, I guess I'll go with touch. This is probably because I just wrote an intimate scene between my two main characters where they do not kiss--only touch, mere butterfly touches that cause internal reactions and growth in the characters. I love the subtle that ends up erupting in the powerful.
So there you have it. My take on Senses. Share yours.
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This Week's Topic: Of all the high school groups or clicks, which do you enjoy writing the most?
I love eyes as well... in writing, I think smells bring the book alive as it's the sense not at all used while you're reading, lol!
ReplyDeleteAs a mother of a child with sensory integration issues, we've done a lot of research on touch - getting to know the bodies signals and understanding what they mean. The brain is an awesome thing, but signals can be easily tangled...
Great point, Katie.
ReplyDeleteFunnily enough, just yesterday I posted on senses and a perfect moment that I was thankful for:
ReplyDeletehttp://1000thmonkey.blogspot.com/2011/05/fur-fire-and-grass.html
Of all the senses, I think scent is the biggest one for me. Scents can bring up a flood of memories, like walking down the street and suddenly smelling the cologne your first boyfriend used to wear... or how certain foods cooking can take you back to your childhood. Scent is hugely powerful at re-connecting to memories, and often even the emotions you experienced at that time.
I went with SOUND: http://jessie-harrell.blogspot.com/2011/05/thankful-for-thursday-senses.html#comments
ReplyDeleteI gotta say it's mostly about what I see. That's the way I learn and remember best and that's what I need to create stories.
ReplyDeleteVery nice question to think about, Oasis.