by Lynn Jericho | Sep 11, 2010 | Substack, Wisdom of Selfhood
We perceive over 10000 different odors and an seemingly infinite number of combinations. And with each breath we smell the scent combinations of whatever is around us. Though we don’t notice all the smells, we are making decisions about them all the...
by Lynn Jericho | Sep 4, 2010 | Substack, Wisdom of Selfhood
The Sense of WordI was with my grandson for a month, a very vocal month. For a couple of weeks, as he turned six months old, he was delighting in the sounds he could make. From grunts to squeals he was learning how to master the range of his voicebox. On...
by Lynn Jericho | Aug 28, 2010 | Substack, Wisdom of Selfhood
I want to begin with saying what the sense of hearing is not! It is not the perception of words or ideas. Hearing is just the perception of sound waves, acoustic events. In this message I want to share with you four distinctions I find through my...
by Lynn Jericho | Aug 21, 2010 | Substack, Wisdom of Selfhood
When you touch something you are thrown back into yourself, but you are accompanied by something of the other – the warmth (or coolness) of the other. I experience myself through touch whether I am touching a rock, the bath water, a book, the keys on my...
by Lynn Jericho | Aug 14, 2010 | Substack, Wisdom of Selfhood
Dear Friend, The richness and complexity of the vision of vision in our souls is astounding and wonderful. I am writing this during the lunch break at a conference on The Search for Humanity in Contemporary Art, so I have a list of visual thoughts in my notebook...
by Lynn Jericho | Aug 7, 2010 | Substack, Wisdom of Selfhood
How does your soul savour life? Or what in your life does your soul savour? I love food. It so delights my senses with smells, textures, flavors, colors, and shapes. But now I am feeling seduced by my senses because inner maturity wakes me up to the...
