[the senses].

I've been giving thought to the presence of the senses in nostalgia and memory. Memory is kept alive in the vessel of the body through what I understand to be mainly a sense of feeling and visual recollection. In other words, you remember an event through how it made you feel, and how that event looked in the mind. But, can you remember how something smelled or tasted? I for one, cannot draw up a memory of an exact scent or taste. I know that I could recognize it if it occurred in the present, but scent and taste seem to be more elusive in memory. Sound and touch are a bit more complicated. I can recall how something sounded or felt, though I cannot actually hear it in my head or feel it in my fingers with the same effect as in the present.

"Allegory of the Five Senses" Gerard de Lairesse
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