"I've always loved fake food for some reason. I have like a fake little dessert cake and a scarlet burr that's like the kind of thing that you would wire into sort of like a Christmas wreath or something like that," she says. "What I love most about this list is that like you're finding things that we might think of as not very interesting in the objective, right? You know, maybe garbage, maybe garbage." She adds: "It really does it enliven to the world and lets me see these kind of creative possibilities in it in a way that I never did before"
Are you seeing what you look at? Or tuning in to the noises all around you? We take our senses for granted - particularly when it comes to the sights and sounds of our everyday lives. Exploring your senses can be a great way to experience more fun and happiness right now.
Happiness expert Gretchen Rubin was warned that her eyesight was in peril - which spurred her to rethink her relationship with her senses. In the first of two interviews, Gretchen joins Dr Laurie Santos to discuss her journey of discovery and her new book - Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World.
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