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My favourite chapters so far have been “the taste of stone” and “spaces of scent”!!!

Extremely eye opening and validating in its contents
“The body is not a mere physical entity; it is enriched by both memory and dream, past and future.”

“Vision separates us from the world whereas the other senses unite us with it”

I really enjoy finding links between what I study and what I read in books, they’re very similar and I love my course so much

I am so immersed in this universe and in these characters already

I’m so excited to see how architects involve all five senses and challenge the hierarchy of them!!!!!!

I’m really enjoying this so far, it’s very thought provoking and offers beautiful insight on the senses

Oh god. So many tears

Captain Benwick and Louisa??????
My heart has been aching for my girl Anne throughout the whole book, I’m so 😭😭 she can’t hide how happy she feels that Captain Wentworth isn’t courting anyone omg omg I love her. How do they end up together I’m going to cry

I wonder if Sir Elliot will propose to Anne??!???!? How will she reject him??? And how will Mr Wentworth end things with Louisa 💔💔💔💔

“Light is used not for reading or writing or sewing but for dispelling the shadows in the farthest corners, and this runs against the basic idea of the Japanese room. Something is salvaged when a person turns off the lights at home to save money, but at inns and restaurants there is inevitably too much light in the halls, on the stairs, in the doorway, the gate, the garden.”

Tanizaki writes in such an enchanting way about the past women of Japan, I’m enthralled by this new way of perceiving he has opened my eyes to!

So far this book is elegantly pleasant, I’m constantly contemplating the natural order of things and how the western perspective always dominates. I hope to create unique experiences for my own culture and city some day