Sense 01042008a

During the early elementary school ages, we are taught that we have five senses. The ability to touch, hear, smell, see and taste are used everyday as we try to describe images, events, and tangible objects. By combining the information perceived by these senses, we are better enabled to provide a more rounded experience to listeners. Weaving together beautifully depicted images accompanied with descriptive anecdotes that appeal to the sense is the moat that separates good stories from great ones. Mastering this art causes the audience to vicariously grasp the essence of the situation.

But what about senses that are left out of the scope of science? Senses that have yet to be defined are often subject to scientific ridicule. Those who openly profess that they posses these senses are marked as social heretics.

It is my belief, in certain cases the constructs of our senses are not capable of processing the information that is presented to us. This can be attributed to the absence of key pieces of information that lead to conclusive analysis of a situation. How do you describe those moments of uneasiness met as we reach the precipice of tranquility? Or the premonitory scenes that play out at seemingly random moments?

There are many things that we can not accurately categorize or define about the human experience. This anomaly, coupled with others, has produced innumerable amounts of universes in the realm of fantasy. It is in these worlds that I sometimes find solace and answers to question asked in reality. It is from here that I derive certain convictions about life and where my plight is resonated a hundred times over. So do not find me strange when some of my beliefs have precedence in the realm of fantasy