The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader.
Hearing, which, by the motion of the air, informs us of the motion of sounding or vibrating bodies.
The body's like a huge ear. It's as simple as that.
But the ear, let us not forget, starts operating on the forty-fifth day of the pregnancy of a woman. Seven and a half months advance over the eye...(but) what do we do in our society, in our civilisation, to continue this process?
These wickets of the soul are plac'd so high, Because all sounds do highly move aloft; And that they may not pierce too violently, They are delay'd with turns and twinings oft. For should the voice directly strike the brain, It would astonish and confuse it much; Therefore these plaits and folds the sound restrain. That it the organ may more gently touch.
The ear in man and beast is an evidence of blood and high breeding.
It seems that the brain always has to be active, and if the auditory parts of the brain are not getting sufficient input, then they may start to create hallucinatory sounds on their own. Although it is curious that they do not usually create noises or voices; they create music.
The site of hearing was now known to be in the cochlea.
Hearing is a form of touch. You feel it through your body, and sometimes it almost hits your face.
Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual system. Poetry and literature depend on language.
