National Sense of Smell Day
Follow your nose
The English language is rich with idiomatic phrases involving noses and smelling. That’s no surprise, since the sense of smell is intimately entwined with emotions and memory.
“Smell and emotion are stored as one memory.”
This has deep consequences for making art. I know someone who lost her sense of smell due to an accident and has to intentionally remind herself to include descriptions of odors and the act of smelling in her fiction. These can have a powerful impact on the reader.
Exercise your nosiness daily—for your brain, for your art, for the sheer joy of relishing a sensuous life.