Five Senses Assignment

This was just one of the in-class assignments that we did during our hike on Bowen Island.  The sampling is to remain nameless as a few of the students preferred the anonymity.  Here is a little description of what they had to do...

Five Senses Assignment

As we went along our walk, I asked that the students concentrate on the different sensory experiences that crossed our path.  Many of us often rely greatly on our sight to experience the world, while overlooking our other means of corporeal abilities.  However, some of us are sensitive the experience of a familiar smell, sound, taste or sensation which can invoke a distant memory.  This week the task was to create a meditative experience through guided imagery.  The goal was to describe each of the experiences from their walk across each of the five senses.

However, the twist to this was that in creating the guided imagery narratives the students were to assume for each of the senses that they described that their audience was not familiar with that particular sensory modality.  For example: If they were describing sound, they would have to approach their descriptions from the perspective that their audience had no experience with sound, and did not have the ability to hear.  In this respect, they had to do their best to describe the experience of sound through one or more of the remaining sense(s). 

To view the final results of their work, please visit here.

Cheers,

Marie-France


Image provided by Andrea Kratzenberg.