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🍃 Sensory Appreciation

Writing that slows down to savor the textures, flavors, and sounds of lived experience, cultivating a richer, more attentive relationship with the physical world.
On Looking
by Alexandra Horowitz • 2013
The same city block holds eleven unseen worlds. A walk with those who can see them.
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5k+
👁️ Sensory Perception🌿 Nature Writing🔍 Everyday Observation
On Looking Summary
On Looking 88%
The same city block holds eleven unseen worlds. A walk with those who can see them.
by Alexandra Horowitz 2013
3.51
5k+ ratings
👁️ Sensory Perception🌿 Nature Writing🔍 Everyday Observation
Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight
by Sharon Heller • 2002
Why tags, crowds, and noise feel unbearable: a body-based fix for sensory defensiveness.
3.90
866
🧠 Sensory Processing🧩 Sensory Integration⚡ Nervous System Regulation
Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight Summary
Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight 88%
Why tags, crowds, and noise feel unbearable: a body-based fix for sensory defensiveness.
by Sharon Heller 2002
3.90
866 ratings
🧠 Sensory Processing🧩 Sensory Integration⚡ Nervous System Regulation
An Immense World
by Ed Yong • 2022
Your world is one sliver of reality. A tour through the sensory universes other animals inhabit.
4.46
37k+
🐾 Animal Senses🔬 Sensory Biology👁️ Animal Perception
An Immense World Summary
An Immense World 88%
Your world is one sliver of reality. A tour through the sensory universes other animals inhabit.
by Ed Yong 2022
4.46
37k+ ratings
🐾 Animal Senses🔬 Sensory Biology👁️ Animal Perception
Every Song Ever
by Ben Ratliff • 2016
Genre is a filing system, not a listening guide. Twenty perceptual filters for the streaming age.
3.29
910
🎵 Music Criticism🎧 Music Appreciation👂 Active Listening
Every Song Ever Summary
Every Song Ever 88%
Genre is a filing system, not a listening guide. Twenty perceptual filters for the streaming age.
by Ben Ratliff 2016
3.29
910 ratings
🎵 Music Criticism🎧 Music Appreciation👂 Active Listening
Becoming Animal
by David Abram • 2010
Literacy silenced the land; reconnection runs through the body, the birds, and the air.
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2k+
🌍 Environmental Philosophy🪨 Animism🌀 Phenomenology
Becoming Animal Summary
Becoming Animal 87%
Literacy silenced the land; reconnection runs through the body, the birds, and the air.
by David Abram 2010
4.18
2k+ ratings
🌍 Environmental Philosophy🪨 Animism🌀 Phenomenology
The Man Who Tasted Words
by Guy Leschziner • 2022
What a man who hears his own eyeballs move reveals about the illusions of your senses.
4.04
874
🧠 Sensory Neuroscience🌀 Perception And Reality🔮 Predictive Processing
The Man Who Tasted Words Summary
The Man Who Tasted Words 87%
What a man who hears his own eyeballs move reveals about the illusions of your senses.
by Guy Leschziner 2022
4.04
874 ratings
🧠 Sensory Neuroscience🌀 Perception And Reality🔮 Predictive Processing
Living Sensationally
by Winnie Dunn • 2007
Your sensory wiring dictates comfort with food, touch, and noise. Four patterns reveal why.
3.78
160
🧠 Sensory Processing🔗 Sensory Integration🧘 Self-Regulation
Living Sensationally Summary
Living Sensationally 87%
Your sensory wiring dictates comfort with food, touch, and noise. Four patterns reveal why.
by Winnie Dunn 2007
3.78
160 ratings
🧠 Sensory Processing🔗 Sensory Integration🧘 Self-Regulation
The Art of Frugal Hedonism
by Annie Raser-Rowland • 2017
Spend nothing to feel rich: how to live luxuriously on less by retraining your senses.
3.62
7k+
🧮 Frugal Living🌿 Simple Living🚫 Anti-Consumerism
The Art of Frugal Hedonism Summary
The Art of Frugal Hedonism 87%
Spend nothing to feel rich: how to live luxuriously on less by retraining your senses.
by Annie Raser-Rowland 2017
3.62
7k+ ratings
🧮 Frugal Living🌿 Simple Living🚫 Anti-Consumerism
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
by Edmund Burke • 1757
Terror produces the sublime. Smoothness and delicacy produce the beautiful. Two instincts, not one.
3.69
3k+
🎨 Aesthetic Philosophy⛰️ Sublime And Beautiful😨 Fear And Aesthetics
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful Summary
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful 87%
Terror produces the sublime. Smoothness and delicacy produce the beautiful. Two instincts, not one.
by Edmund Burke 1757
3.69
3k+ ratings
🎨 Aesthetic Philosophy⛰️ Sublime And Beautiful😨 Fear And Aesthetics
Born on a Blue Day
by Daniel Tammet • 2006
A mind where numbers glow with color, calendars are landscapes, and prime numbers feel smooth.
3.85
24k+
🧩 Living With Autism🌈 Synesthesia👁️ Sensory Perception
Born on a Blue Day Summary
Born on a Blue Day 87%
A mind where numbers glow with color, calendars are landscapes, and prime numbers feel smooth.
by Daniel Tammet 2006
3.85
24k+ ratings
🧩 Living With Autism🌈 Synesthesia👁️ Sensory Perception
The Living Mountain
by Nan Shepherd • 1977
Nan Shepherd walked one mountain for sixty years and discovered how to disappear into granite.
4.26
10k+
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Highlands📍 Place-Based Writing👁️ Sensory Perception
The Living Mountain Summary
The Living Mountain 87%
Nan Shepherd walked one mountain for sixty years and discovered how to disappear into granite.
by Nan Shepherd 1977
4.26
10k+ ratings
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Highlands📍 Place-Based Writing👁️ Sensory Perception
The Practice of Not Thinking
by Ryūnosuke Koike • 2013
Constant mental chatter is the enemy. Your senses are how you fight back. A Zen guide.
3.37
3k+
🧘 Buddhist Practice🌿 Mindful Living👁️ Sensory Awareness
The Practice of Not Thinking Summary
The Practice of Not Thinking 87%
Constant mental chatter is the enemy. Your senses are how you fight back. A Zen guide.
by Ryūnosuke Koike 2013
3.37
3k+ ratings
🧘 Buddhist Practice🌿 Mindful Living👁️ Sensory Awareness
Sound
by Bella Bathurst • 2017
For twelve years, her world got quieter. Then a French surgeon offered to reverse the damage.
3.91
288
🦻 Hearing Loss🏥 Medical Memoir👁️ Invisible Disability
Sound Summary
Sound 87%
For twelve years, her world got quieter. Then a French surgeon offered to reverse the damage.
by Bella Bathurst 2017
3.91
288 ratings
🦻 Hearing Loss🏥 Medical Memoir👁️ Invisible Disability
How Proust Can Change Your Life
by Alain de Botton • 1998
The practical life advice hidden inside a 3,000-page French novel about memory and jealousy.
3.76
19k+
🏛️ Practical Philosophy🌸 Ordinary Beauty👁️ Habit And Appreciation
How Proust Can Change Your Life Summary
How Proust Can Change Your Life 87%
The practical life advice hidden inside a 3,000-page French novel about memory and jealousy.
by Alain de Botton 1998
3.76
19k+ ratings
🏛️ Practical Philosophy🌸 Ordinary Beauty👁️ Habit And Appreciation
Musicophilia
by Oliver Sacks • 2007
When language and memory fail, music still gets through. A neurologist explains why.
3.95
75k+
🧠 Music And The Brain🩻 Clinical Case Studies🧬 Neuroplasticity
Musicophilia Summary
Musicophilia 87%
When language and memory fail, music still gets through. A neurologist explains why.
by Oliver Sacks 2007
3.95
75k+ ratings
🧠 Music And The Brain🩻 Clinical Case Studies🧬 Neuroplasticity
Thinking in Pictures
by Temple Grandin • 1995
A visual mind, shaped by autism, decoded animal fear and transformed the livestock industry.
4.10
17k+
👁️ Visual Thinking🔊 Sensory Processing🧠 Neurodivergent Memoir
Thinking in Pictures Summary
Thinking in Pictures 87%
A visual mind, shaped by autism, decoded animal fear and transformed the livestock industry.
by Temple Grandin 1995
4.10
17k+ ratings
👁️ Visual Thinking🔊 Sensory Processing🧠 Neurodivergent Memoir
The Soundscape
by R. Murray Schafer • 1977
Civilization buried earth's oldest music in noise. A map of the lost soundscape and how to hear it.
4.13
789
🎧 Acoustic Ecology📜 Aural History👂 Auditory Perception
The Soundscape Summary
The Soundscape 87%
Civilization buried earth's oldest music in noise. A map of the lost soundscape and how to hear it.
by R. Murray Schafer 1977
4.13
789 ratings
🎧 Acoustic Ecology📜 Aural History👂 Auditory Perception
The Art of Noticing
by Rob Walker • 2019
The cure for autopilot: 131 exercises that train your eye and fill your creative well.
3.77
3k+
🎨 Creative Practice🔍 Attention Design👀 Everyday Observation
The Art of Noticing Summary
The Art of Noticing 87%
The cure for autopilot: 131 exercises that train your eye and fill your creative well.
by Rob Walker 2019
3.77
3k+ ratings
🎨 Creative Practice🔍 Attention Design👀 Everyday Observation
Understanding Pain
by Fernando Cervero • 2012
Your brain constructs your pain. When the system fails, even a soft touch becomes agony.
3.90
72
🔬 Pain Science🤕 Chronic Pain🧬 Sensory Biology
Understanding Pain Summary
Understanding Pain 87%
Your brain constructs your pain. When the system fails, even a soft touch becomes agony.
by Fernando Cervero 2012
3.90
72 ratings
🔬 Pain Science🤕 Chronic Pain🧬 Sensory Biology
Phosphorescence
by Julia Baird • 2020
What sustains you when optimism fails: nature, deep friendship, and the discipline of noticing.
3.77
12k+
✨ Everyday Awe🌿 Nature Connection🔍 Attention Practice
Phosphorescence Summary
Phosphorescence 87%
What sustains you when optimism fails: nature, deep friendship, and the discipline of noticing.
by Julia Baird 2020
3.77
12k+ ratings
✨ Everyday Awe🌿 Nature Connection🔍 Attention Practice
The Substance of Style
by Virginia Postrel • 2003
The sensory qualities of things now rival price and performance as economic forces.
3.49
527
🏗️ Design Economy🛍️ Consumer Aesthetics⚙️ Form And Function
The Substance of Style Summary
The Substance of Style 87%
The sensory qualities of things now rival price and performance as economic forces.
by Virginia Postrel 2003
3.49
527 ratings
🏗️ Design Economy🛍️ Consumer Aesthetics⚙️ Form And Function
Beauty
by Roger Scruton • 2009
From dinner tables to galleries, beauty is a rational demand we are ignoring.
3.95
3k+
🏛️ Philosophical Aesthetics🎨 Art Criticism⚖️ Aesthetic Judgment
Beauty Summary
Beauty 87%
From dinner tables to galleries, beauty is a rational demand we are ignoring.
by Roger Scruton 2009
3.95
3k+ ratings
🏛️ Philosophical Aesthetics🎨 Art Criticism⚖️ Aesthetic Judgment
The Wisdom of Tea
by Noriko Morishita • 2002
The Japanese tea ceremony is not about tea: a lifelong training in presence and peace.
3.92
2k+
🇯🇵 Japanese Aesthetics🍵 Tea Culture🧘 Mindful Practice
The Wisdom of Tea Summary
The Wisdom of Tea 87%
The Japanese tea ceremony is not about tea: a lifelong training in presence and peace.
by Noriko Morishita 2002
3.92
2k+ ratings
🇯🇵 Japanese Aesthetics🍵 Tea Culture🧘 Mindful Practice
Word Painting
by Rebecca McClanahan • 2014
Most writing advice says 'show, don't tell.' This one teaches you how, sense by sense.
4.13
816
✍️ Writing Craft👃 Sensory Detail🎬 Show Don'T Tell
Word Painting Summary
Word Painting 87%
Most writing advice says 'show, don't tell.' This one teaches you how, sense by sense.
by Rebecca McClanahan 2014
4.13
816 ratings
✍️ Writing Craft👃 Sensory Detail🎬 Show Don'T Tell
The Eyes of the Skin
by Juhani Pallasmaa • 1996
Architecture feeds the eye and starves the body. The cure lies in touch, sound, and shadow.
4.38
4k+
🏛️ Architectural Theory🧱 Architectural Phenomenology👁️ Sensory Perception
The Eyes of the Skin Summary
The Eyes of the Skin 87%
Architecture feeds the eye and starves the body. The cure lies in touch, sound, and shadow.
by Juhani Pallasmaa 1996
4.38
4k+ ratings
🏛️ Architectural Theory🧱 Architectural Phenomenology👁️ Sensory Perception
The Book of Ichigo Ichie
by Héctor García • 2018
Moments don't repeat. The Japanese practice that trains you to catch them before they vanish.
3.94
9k+
🎌 Japanese Wisdom🧘 Mindful Living🍵 Japanese Aesthetics
The Book of Ichigo Ichie Summary
The Book of Ichigo Ichie 87%
Moments don't repeat. The Japanese practice that trains you to catch them before they vanish.
by Héctor García 2018
3.94
9k+ ratings
🎌 Japanese Wisdom🧘 Mindful Living🍵 Japanese Aesthetics
Seven Sins for a Life Worth Living
by Roger Housden • 2005
Pleasure, idleness, not knowing. Seven vices recast as the foundation of a fully lived life.
3.59
141
🕊️ Spiritual Self-Help👁️ Sensory Awareness🪷 Embracing Imperfection
Seven Sins for a Life Worth Living Summary
Seven Sins for a Life Worth Living 87%
Pleasure, idleness, not knowing. Seven vices recast as the foundation of a fully lived life.
by Roger Housden 2005
3.59
141 ratings
🕊️ Spiritual Self-Help👁️ Sensory Awareness🪷 Embracing Imperfection
Deviate
by Beau Lotto • 2017
Your brain evolved for survival, not truth. That bias is the engine of creativity.
3.73
2k+
👁️ Perception Science🧠 Neuroplasticity🎨 Creativity Science
Deviate Summary
Deviate 87%
Your brain evolved for survival, not truth. That bias is the engine of creativity.
by Beau Lotto 2017
3.73
2k+ ratings
👁️ Perception Science🧠 Neuroplasticity🎨 Creativity Science
The Longing for Less
by Kyle Chayka • 2020
The clean lines of minimalism hide a messy history: Zen monks, art rebels, and $8,200 stereos.
3.45
1k+
🎨 Modernist Art📐 Design Philosophy📰 Cultural Criticism
The Longing for Less Summary
The Longing for Less 87%
The clean lines of minimalism hide a messy history: Zen monks, art rebels, and $8,200 stereos.
by Kyle Chayka 2020
3.45
1k+ ratings
🎨 Modernist Art📐 Design Philosophy📰 Cultural Criticism
The Spell of the Sensuous
by David Abram • 1996
The alphabet didn't just capture speech. It taught us the natural world had nothing to say.
4.17
5k+
🌀 Phenomenology🌍 Environmental Philosophy🦊 Animism
The Spell of the Sensuous Summary
The Spell of the Sensuous 86%
The alphabet didn't just capture speech. It taught us the natural world had nothing to say.
by David Abram 1996
4.17
5k+ ratings
🌀 Phenomenology🌍 Environmental Philosophy🦊 Animism
Doorway to Artistry
by Esther Lightcap Meek • 2023
Reality isn't a dead object to control; it's extending an invitation, and your art proves it.
4.67
21
🖼️ Aesthetics🎨 Creative Process📖 Phenomenology
Doorway to Artistry Summary
Doorway to Artistry 86%
Reality isn't a dead object to control; it's extending an invitation, and your art proves it.
by Esther Lightcap Meek 2023
4.67
21 ratings
🖼️ Aesthetics🎨 Creative Process📖 Phenomenology
The Book of (More) Delights
by Ross Gay • 2023
A year of looking closely: when joy and sorrow share the same sentence.
4.25
3k+
📝 Lyric Essays👀 Practice Of Noticing🙏 Everyday Devotion
The Book of (More) Delights Summary
The Book of (More) Delights 86%
A year of looking closely: when joy and sorrow share the same sentence.
by Ross Gay 2023
4.25
3k+ ratings
📝 Lyric Essays👀 Practice Of Noticing🙏 Everyday Devotion
Small Pleasures
by The School of Life • 2016
Grand joys exhaust us. The quiet daily pleasures already hold the meaning we're chasing.
3.89
1k+
🧠 Philosophical Self-Help✨ Re-Enchantment🌸 Micro-Joys
Small Pleasures Summary
Small Pleasures 86%
Grand joys exhaust us. The quiet daily pleasures already hold the meaning we're chasing.
by The School of Life 2016
3.89
1k+ ratings
🧠 Philosophical Self-Help✨ Re-Enchantment🌸 Micro-Joys
Japonisme
by Erin Niimi Longhurst • 2018
Seven Japanese concepts to find purpose, embrace imperfection, and build a calmer life.
3.74
3k+
🎋 Japanese Philosophy🌸 Japanese Aesthetics🌏 Cultural Self-Help
Japonisme Summary
Japonisme 86%
Seven Japanese concepts to find purpose, embrace imperfection, and build a calmer life.
by Erin Niimi Longhurst 2018
3.74
3k+ ratings
🎋 Japanese Philosophy🌸 Japanese Aesthetics🌏 Cultural Self-Help
Growing an In-Sync Child
by Carol Stock Kranowitz • 2009
Screen time replaced crawl time. Movement activities to build the brains kids need for school.
4.18
121
🧠 Sensory Integration🏃 Movement And Learning👐 Occupational Therapy
Growing an In-Sync Child Summary
Growing an In-Sync Child 86%
Screen time replaced crawl time. Movement activities to build the brains kids need for school.
by Carol Stock Kranowitz 2009
4.18
121 ratings
🧠 Sensory Integration🏃 Movement And Learning👐 Occupational Therapy
The Cottage Fairy Companion
by Paola Merrill • 2022
You do not need the cottage. The slow life and its wonder are built from the inside out.
4.29
1k+
🐌 Slow Living🍄 Cottagecore✨ Finding Wonder
The Cottage Fairy Companion Summary
The Cottage Fairy Companion 86%
You do not need the cottage. The slow life and its wonder are built from the inside out.
by Paola Merrill 2022
4.29
1k+ ratings
🐌 Slow Living🍄 Cottagecore✨ Finding Wonder
Balanced and Barefoot
by Angela J. Hanscom • 2016
Outdoor play is not optional. Without it, children's bodies and brains fail to wire correctly.
4.17
6k+
🧗 Outdoor Play🧠 Sensory Integration🏞️ Free Play
Balanced and Barefoot Summary
Balanced and Barefoot 86%
Outdoor play is not optional. Without it, children's bodies and brains fail to wire correctly.
by Angela J. Hanscom 2016
4.17
6k+ ratings
🧗 Outdoor Play🧠 Sensory Integration🏞️ Free Play
The Out-of-Sync Child
by Carol Stock Kranowitz • 1998
The hidden senses that make a child's world chaotic. A guide to recognizing and calming them.
4.18
6k+
🧠 Sensory Processing👻 Invisible Disabilities🧰 Occupational Therapy
The Out-of-Sync Child Summary
The Out-of-Sync Child 86%
The hidden senses that make a child's world chaotic. A guide to recognizing and calming them.
by Carol Stock Kranowitz 1998
4.18
6k+ ratings
🧠 Sensory Processing👻 Invisible Disabilities🧰 Occupational Therapy
The Mind's Eye
by Oliver Sacks • 2010
Blindness doesn't silence the visual brain. It retrains it, exposing how perception is built.
3.92
14k+
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🩺 Clinical Neurology🔄 Brain Plasticity
The Mind's Eye Summary
The Mind's Eye 86%
Blindness doesn't silence the visual brain. It retrains it, exposing how perception is built.
by Oliver Sacks 2010
3.92
14k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🩺 Clinical Neurology🔄 Brain Plasticity
Why Poetry
by Matthew Zapruder • 2017
The case for reading poems exactly as they are: literally, without hunting for hidden meanings.
4.16
1k+
🎭 Poetry Appreciation🔨 Poetic Craft📚 Literary Theory
Why Poetry Summary
Why Poetry 86%
The case for reading poems exactly as they are: literally, without hunting for hidden meanings.
by Matthew Zapruder 2017
4.16
1k+ ratings
🎭 Poetry Appreciation🔨 Poetic Craft📚 Literary Theory
Blue Mind
by Wallace J. Nichols • 2014
Shoreline calm is not poetic. It is a measurable brain state, triggerable in a bathtub.
3.74
4k+
💧 Water Psychology🌿 Nature And Well-Being🧠 Attention Restoration
Blue Mind Summary
Blue Mind 86%
Shoreline calm is not poetic. It is a measurable brain state, triggerable in a bathtub.
by Wallace J. Nichols 2014
3.74
4k+ ratings
💧 Water Psychology🌿 Nature And Well-Being🧠 Attention Restoration
The Process of Learning
by Jack Tenen • 2011
Real learning requires confusion, not goals. A movement teacher's guide to letting the body lead.
5.00
1
🧠 Somatic Education🧘 Mind-Body Integration🤸 Feldenkrais Method
The Process of Learning Summary
The Process of Learning 86%
Real learning requires confusion, not goals. A movement teacher's guide to letting the body lead.
by Jack Tenen 2011
5.00
1 ratings
🧠 Somatic Education🧘 Mind-Body Integration🤸 Feldenkrais Method
The Book of Hygge
by Louisa Thomsen Brits • 2016
The Danish art of cozy: a practice of warmth, shelter, and unpretentious belonging.
3.26
4k+
🧣 Scandinavian Lifestyle🐌 Slow Living☕️ Cozy Living
The Book of Hygge Summary
The Book of Hygge 86%
The Danish art of cozy: a practice of warmth, shelter, and unpretentious belonging.
by Louisa Thomsen Brits 2016
3.26
4k+ ratings
🧣 Scandinavian Lifestyle🐌 Slow Living☕️ Cozy Living
Concerning the Spiritual in Art
by Wassily Kandinsky • 1912
Abstract painting is not emptiness but a spiritual language more direct than any image.
3.83
93k+
🧱 Abstract Art🎨 Color Theory🖼️ Art Theory
Concerning the Spiritual in Art Summary
Concerning the Spiritual in Art 86%
Abstract painting is not emptiness but a spiritual language more direct than any image.
by Wassily Kandinsky 1912
3.83
93k+ ratings
🧱 Abstract Art🎨 Color Theory🖼️ Art Theory
Awestruck
by Jonah Paquette • 2020
A single emotion reduces stress, expands time, and deepens connection. Here is where to find it.
3.62
304
🧠 Positive Psychology✨ Everyday Wonder🌿 Nature Connection
Awestruck Summary
Awestruck 86%
A single emotion reduces stress, expands time, and deepens connection. Here is where to find it.
by Jonah Paquette 2020
3.62
304 ratings
🧠 Positive Psychology✨ Everyday Wonder🌿 Nature Connection
Dropping the Struggle
by Roger Housden • 2016
What if self-improvement is the problem? Finding peace by dropping the fight with your life.
3.89
114
🧘 Mindfulness Practice💗 Self-Acceptance🍃 Letting Go
Dropping the Struggle Summary
Dropping the Struggle 86%
What if self-improvement is the problem? Finding peace by dropping the fight with your life.
by Roger Housden 2016
3.89
114 ratings
🧘 Mindfulness Practice💗 Self-Acceptance🍃 Letting Go
The kingdom of infinite space
by Raymond Tallis • 2008
Spit, yawns, and blushes: a philosopher unpacks the biology that culture transforms.
3.38
151
🧠 Consciousness Studies💪 Philosophy Of The Body🌟 Human Uniqueness
The kingdom of infinite space Summary
The kingdom of infinite space 86%
Spit, yawns, and blushes: a philosopher unpacks the biology that culture transforms.
by Raymond Tallis 2008
3.38
151 ratings
🧠 Consciousness Studies💪 Philosophy Of The Body🌟 Human Uniqueness
Phenomenology of Perception
by Maurice Merleau-Ponty • 1945
Perception doesn't start in the mind. Your body inhabits the world before thinking ever arrives.
4.18
6k+
🧠 Phenomenology🏃 Embodied Cognition👁️ Philosophy Of Perception
Phenomenology of Perception Summary
Phenomenology of Perception 86%
Perception doesn't start in the mind. Your body inhabits the world before thinking ever arrives.
by Maurice Merleau-Ponty 1945
4.18
6k+ ratings
🧠 Phenomenology🏃 Embodied Cognition👁️ Philosophy Of Perception
Goodbye, Things
by Fumio Sasaki • 2015
Your possessions are an invisible to-do list. The Japanese case for owning less.
3.80
45k+
🏠 Minimalist Living🧹 Decluttering🌿 Simple Living
Goodbye, Things Summary
Goodbye, Things 86%
Your possessions are an invisible to-do list. The Japanese case for owning less.
by Fumio Sasaki 2015
3.80
45k+ ratings
🏠 Minimalist Living🧹 Decluttering🌿 Simple Living
How to Walk
by Thich Nhat Hanh • 2013
Walking is the meditation you're already doing. Here's how to actually arrive.
4.16
3k+
👣 Walking Meditation🧘 Mindfulness Meditation☸️ Buddhist Practice
How to Walk Summary
How to Walk 86%
Walking is the meditation you're already doing. Here's how to actually arrive.
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2013
4.16
3k+ ratings
👣 Walking Meditation🧘 Mindfulness Meditation☸️ Buddhist Practice
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