Today I noticed how the boundaries and separations between elements in our senses are arbitrary. in truth, it’s all just experience, and it’s our brains that insist that this is one thing or sound, and another sound is separate.
The creative lesson I took from this Noticing is the subjectivity of perception and its use in storytelling. In writing, playing with characters' sensory experiences can really ramp up the intrigue, challenging “what reality is” in the world of a story. Keeping aware of this is really useful in genres like psychological thrillers and speculative fiction, where the blurring boundaries can create suspense and all sorts of great questions.
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109 - That Sensory Distinctions Are (Literally) In Our Heads