( Burst, 4032x3024 px, photoshop) "Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight" (Ackerman, A Natural History of the Senses, 80) When reading this I thought of all of the feelings that come touch such as connection, happiness, and warmth, and how they are truly as essential as sunlight. I chose to make the background black because I wanted to really contrast the brightness of the "sunlight" to the darkness. Touch is such an essential thing in our lives just like the sun. (Touch light as a feather, 20x10 inches, feathers, tape, paint, baking soda) "Skin can take a startling variety of shapes: claws, spines, hooves, feathers, scales, hair." (Ackerman, A Natural History of the Senses, 68) When reading this part I thought of a hand morphing, blooming, and exploding into something else. I tried to make it seem like the feathers were coming from the inside of the hand and that the hand was starting to change because of that. I also chose the hand to be light gra