Digitally Edited Ink and Pencil on Mixed-Media Paper [First Touches] "In fetuses, touch is the first sense to develop, and in newborns it's automatic before the eyes open or the baby begins to make sense of the world. Soon after we're born, though we can't see or speak, we instinctively begin touching." Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of the Senses This whole section struck me as very profound, but this was one of my favorite bits of text. I think we often take our senses for granted, especially touch: you don't marvel at the fact you can feel sand run between your fingers when you catch it and let it go, you don't appreciate the softness of the fabric of your mother's shirt as she gives you the hug you've needed all day long but have been too afraid to ask for. And yet, it's truly the first feeling we develop, and is often the main way we discern the world around us- your eyes and ears may fool you, and they of