Sight: Walking through the candy aisle of Safeway I catch a glimpse of a clear shiny plastic bag with a rainbow of colors burning a hole through. “What is it?” I ask myself. At that very moment I spot the child like face of the Gummy Bear leader. His smiling face betrays the fact that he knows a tragic and gruesome decapitation awaits him, followed closely by a reuniting of his head with a body of one of his different colored brethren. Like a Frankenstein monster.
Sound: Ripping open the bag causes a resonance like a large cop bending over to grab the last crumb of his doughnut and splitting open his trousers. The sound of chewing the Gummy Bear brings to mind the sloppy noise of a horse tromping through a mud hole. Tearing his tiny face from his little bear body I can hear a tendon snap.l
Smell: After the familiar ripping sound of the bag my olfactory system is bombarded with the sickly sweet smell of fruit trees in blossom. One smell, however, rises above the rest. That aroma is similar to a freshly peeled lemon.
Touch: Touching a Gummy Bear is something you don’t easily forget. The sticky smooth texture is like an overheated ball of wax, or with a little stretch of the imagination, a steamy bathroom mirror.
Taste: The most dramatic sense that a Gummy Bear stimulates is taste. The super-sweet, fresh fruit flavor practically explodes my tongue. And this might sound weird, but I can taste the Gummy part, it is like flavorless gum, or like eating Jell-o when you have a cold. Eating them as a teenager I can taste the fun and adventure of childhood Gummy Bear wars between the warm and cool colored bear armies, and I need the flavor to remind me.
The Essay on Sound Waves and Room Acoustics
We generally think of the speakers in our stereo or home theater systems as the final link in the audio chain — and the one that makes the biggest difference to our ears. But there’s much more to the sound we hear than just where you place your speakers in a stereo or home theater setup, and what comes out of them. You might not even realize it, but your room plays a rather large part in the ...
