[Last modified: November, 27 2024 11:44 AM]
During the last week observation opportunity, I chose to stay inside the building with one of the classmates because it was quite cold outside. We walked to the door of the building as it was a place that can see the outside and observe people coming in and out.
Firstly we noticed that two men went outside. We could feel the wind as the door open. Then the two men started talking. The door and the glass window seemed not sound-proof enough – we could hear their voice; however, their voice were not clear enough for us to hear what they actually talking. I believed that it was because the door and glass window have blurred the sound. Then we saw them light up two cigarettes. There were no people coming in or out therefore the door did not open. I could not actually smell the smoke, but I knew they were smoking by seeing the process of lighting cigarettes as well as the smoke produced by burning the cigarettes. This scene has given me a hint of “I do use the other sensation of my body”. I was so used to the existence of my visuality. Smelling something can be stimulating while encountering pungent smell. However, in daily life, it was hard to see something really stimulating. Visuality became a normal thing so that I have ignored the fact that I am actually using it.
To test this point, I looked outside the door and tried to recognise something I can tell only by my eyes. I was standing inside the building at the left inside of the gate machine, which I could not see any trees or could not feel any wind unless the door open. When the day light came out of the clouds, it created a shadow of the tree leaves. The shadow was projected to the white wall on the right side of the building’s outside wall. I could also tell the wind just past without the door opening as I saw the shadow of the tree leaves were shaking lightly. The whole process I only use my visuality. Therefore I believe that when observing things, it is better to feel all the sensations carefully, they give more information that I think.