The past few days have left me with a mild bout of writer’s block and while I have a few drafts in the works, I popped over to Livejournal and accessed some suggestions for blog/journal entries.
Here’s what we have…
If you could keep only one of your five senses – taste, touch, smell, sight, or hearing – which would you choose and why?
Personally, this is a really tough question! My initial thought is “Sight. I’m 100% sure about that”, but after reading them over, the thought of losing touch is also really bothersome. Not being able to feel the touch of another person, to sense the wind whipping past you, and losing the warmth felt from a burning campfire – no thank you!
I guess my initial preference for sight is that as someone who wears glasses and doesn’t have the best vision on a good day, the idea of losing my ability to see is really terrifying. Not being able to see my surroundings really strikes a cord with me.
Morbid Moment: Whenever I pass on/expire/cease living (Monty Python reference!), I hope it’s possible to donate my eyes to someone who can still use them (why be greedy when someone else can benefit?).
Now it’s time for a confession – I LOVE food. It’s not a secret and the way I see it, the more garlic in a dish the better! But if I lost my sense to taste or smell, that would be terrible! Horrifying!! Now that I think about it, if I lost taste and touch at the same time, could I even eat?!?! Gnawing on your tongue doesn’t count as a meal…
Losing the ability to hear would of course be very unpleasant and not something I’m eager to experience. I’m a talker; I’ll admit (no confession needed there!). Not being able to hear other people or even hear what I’m saying (to help ensure I make sense) would really put a damper on my ability to communicate! It wouldn’t snuff it out completely of course (lots of people are unable to hear), but I’m embarrassingly bad at reading lips, so it would be interesting to say the least… there’d be a lot of “what?” and “no that’s not what I said…” I’m also a music lover and while country music really isn’t my thing, I’m happy to listen to just about anything else. I find listening to music to be calming, energizing and a great way to get motivated.
I’m really starting to believe that this was a trick question!! Doesn’t the sense of touch pretty much impacts all of the senses if it’s gone (with only sight, would you still be able to blink?!). Mayby I’m over thinking this…
At the end of the day, I still feel strongly about sight, but am left feeling that I really take my five senses for granted…
How would you answer the question above? What sense (if given a choice) could you simply not live without?