"The format goes like this: drink wine. Listen to music. Write notes. We start with total hush as a “controlled taste”. “The main thing to do is just to pay attention,” instructs Burzynska. “A lot of people just drink wine and don’t taste it.”
After being told to slurp down my Jules Taylor sauvignon blanc noisily (a technique that fans air across the tongue, taking aromas up into your nose), – I jot down some words.
First, there’s silence: “Floral, gooseberries, a herbal smell, musk,” I consider.
Second, I listen to the chirpy, happy, upbeat Just Can’t Get Enough by Nouvelle Vague: “More sweetness, sherbet, less musk,” go my notes.
So I tried this with some wine and it does make a difference.
When I compare wine while listening to The Boxer (Simon and Garfunkel) with Chopin Piano Concerto No.1 different parts of the palate (tongue) are active.
Wine has so much complexity that it can change in a very short space of time. Over long periods of time it can mellow and deepen both in palate and aroma. It's so interesting studying the aroma wheel, although it's involved it's rewarding in many ways.
Distant peaks emerge....clear as day. The hermit's lantern turns to guide the way. Hermit's Way - F. J. Rogers
I was reading today that while animals move their heads or ears to localize sound, humans can locate sound without doing either. Indeed, apparently humans with hearing only on one side can still locate the sound source.
I have noticed something similar when walking along semi-rural roads and a vehicle comes from behind me. Despite the variation in tire and engine noise between types of vehicle I can locate the vehicle sufficiently to judge how much clearance it is giving me.
How does this work?
Are humans using a subconscious sonar to detect unseen sound sources?
There probably is something within our subtle self that allows us to detect sound sources; however, I think that people in the aging process of losing their faculties become quite confused with sounds and where sounds are coming from.
Distant peaks emerge....clear as day. The hermit's lantern turns to guide the way. Hermit's Way - F. J. Rogers
As I recall Franz Bardon provided magical exercises for developing extremely acute hearing. And a woman I know, after her near death, often complained about overly sensitive hearing.
I suspect that the senses involve more players than the sense organs.
As I recall Franz Bardon provided magical exercises for developing extremely acute hearing. And a woman I know, after her near death, often complained about overly sensitive hearing.
I suspect that the senses involve more players than the sense organs.
I'd say you're right there. The inner ear is at work in some situations.
Distant peaks emerge....clear as day. The hermit's lantern turns to guide the way. Hermit's Way - F. J. Rogers
