“The soul needs beauty for a soul mate. When the soul wants…the soul waits.” — Bono
People are slower to respond to tactile words (e.g., “itchy”) than words from the others senses:
Psychologists think the answer may have to with attention. Perhaps we’re not so good at keeping our attention focused on the tactile modality compared with the others. Now [reseachers] have added to the picture by showing that the tactile disadvantage extends to the conceptual domain. That is, we seem to be slower at recognising when a word is tactile in nature than we are at recognising whether words are visual, to do with taste, sound, or smell.Why are we touch-word disadvantaged?
They think this is because there’s little evolutionary advantage to sustaining attention to the tactile modality whereas there are obvious survival advantages with the other senses, for example: ‘…in hunting, where efficacious looking, listening and even smelling for traces of prey could afford an advantage.’Something for certain content strategists, perhaps, to keep in mind.
I say time and time again: the sense of touch is most often neglected in environments. Pay attention to- literally- how you feel, and amp up “Touch.”
Luxury is not always a massive car or jewels or anything large…. In fact, there is a line that blurrs to excess. Luxury is sometimes the small yet vital things that will not bankrupt you but involve a level of ” being worth it” that you absolutely need to feel to make the purchase or the effort, I think of the sheer curtains and linens I desperately need in my bedroom… Or of the writer I know who has a dresser whose shelves are off track who refuses to get a new one (it’s not worth it, though he can afford it)….it translates into the phrase that echoes through your life:” I don’t deserve….” especially when things are broken down and they stay in disrepair. So, friends, you DO deserve it. Give yourself the luxury of flowers… The luxury of a great carpet, dresser, desk, bookshelves….fix that broken faucet…spray paint a dresser to be brand new… Let your environment shine, and let it feed your sense of self worth, which feeds your environment, which…. Yes. It’s so vital. You deserve it!
(sweethomestyle:momentarily) via www.designspongeonline.com
Scraggly-artistic branches already scatter chi (energy) and the art above the mantle mimicing this scattering is troublesome, but not as troublesome as the seemingly decorative exposed beams that seem to leap out of the ceiling and slice up the space. No one the door feels like its floating… the room is very ungrounded….
This morning I saw these prehistoric flowers. Now, they are mine! Yes!!!
Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.
~Damien Hirst
“There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction” — Winston Churchill
felted bowl with raised colorful dots= texture mania.
Forcing bulbs is a hot trend, and super-well-done here!
love you apartment therapy!
Living Room (via srk1941)
While very strong in wood energy, it rightly feeds fire. Things are conversational, things are soft in line… you know, I am not “aesthetically” feeling this room, but “feng shui feeling it” for sure!!!
sweethomestyle:(via lovelydesign)
Globe-themed interiors. Lots of water. Add enough earth tones here and we have something grounded yet expansive….