Post #14 – Memoir Writing, Journaling – Amber Starfire
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In a recent journal writing workshop, I was struck (again) by the mono-sensual nature of most of our descriptions. We write about things we see: expressions, color, height, quality of light. We might include sounds. Rarely do we include smells and tastes. Even less often do we include the sense of touch — the sense that quite literally covers our bodies in the form of our skin.
It’s not because touch is not an important part of our lives. On the contrary! Its absence in our writing is most likely due to lack of practice, both in being aware of our sensual touch experience and how to articulate what we feel. And what greater place to practice sensual description than in our journal writing?
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