I just finished reading an article on 'an Architecture of the Seven Senses' written by Juhani Pallasmaa.
There is an interesting quote that Gaston Bachelard wrote in regards to the strength of bodily memory...which I find relevant to Anita's instruction for us to 'measure.'
"The word habit is too worn an word to express this passionate liaison of our bodies, which do not forget, with an unforgettable house."
Pallasmmaa follows by saying "As we open a door, our body weight meets the weight of the door; our legs measure the steps as we ascend a stair, our hand strokes the handrail and our entire body moves digaonally and dramatically through space."
A very interesting article that gave me alot of inspiration for my research interest in sensory design.
In the end Pallasmaa concludes that "All experience imples the acts of recollecting, remembering and comparing."
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Pallasmaa also says that "the eyes want to collaborate with the other senses" and that "all the senses, including vision, can be regarded as extensions of the sense of touch". And further, that the senses can only be understood in terms of the skin, as they define the interface --the skin-- which is the boundary between the interiority of the body and the "exteriority of the world".
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