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Making sense of summer

Making sense of summer

The mind, embodied.

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Asha Dornfest
Jun 29, 2024
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A coherent and understandable idea “makes sense.” When I’m trying to “make sense” of something, I think about it. Making sense seems to take place in the mind.

And yet my brain’s constant narration quiets when I focus on my sensory experience — sight, hearing, smell, etc. My senses put me in direct contact with the world around me. From this perspective,

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