smell the roses

 For my walk, I decided to do sense of smell and all of the different smells I encountered within my walk. Instead of doing 2; 20 minute walks, I decided to do 1; 40 minute walk. My sense of smell is definitely my strongest, and is a blessing and a curse. Some days it's nice to smell a salty air scented candle, or fresh baked cookies from the oven, but when I sit next to someone and they have on the most horrendous body spray, or the smell of food after it's been in my fridge and molded. I deeply inhaled and tried to smell every last molecule throughout my walk.


Wet mud 

Hot asphalt

dead grass

horse crap

bird crap

pinecone-waiting for fall

sewer

hot metal

trash 


Comments

  1. Sabrina_PadillaJune 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM

    Hi Caitlin! I can definitely relate to having a strong sense of smell and agree it is a blessing and a curse! Overall, I find it interesting that the array of smells you noticed on your walk, and I like that you included pictures. I would have loved to see you describe each smell in depth and how it made you feel.

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  2. Aaliyah RadebaughJune 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM

    Hi! Your sensitivity to smell adds depth to this walk. It might be interesting to describe one specific scent and how it affected your emotions.

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  3. Marianna PiedrahitaJune 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM

    I love your use of sensory throughout your archive! Combining visual senses, sense of smell and memory is really effective in emphasizing a relatable humanistic aspect to your work that I appreciate. Like Sabrina had said, I would also love to see you bring in your senses of emotions as you react to each of the sites you visited.

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