February 22, 2022 Living in a fog. Just imagine that you're perambulating around in thick fog where you can hear, have all your other senses so kinesthetic information is present, your inner ear senses for horizontal and vertical are intact, and you can feel the temperature gradient so it may be somewhat chilly. You need to make your way around without tripping, bumping into things, and of course losing your way. The fog creates the experience of navigating into the unknown. You are of course alone in this adventure. I come to describe this through my nightly wandering from my bed upstairs to my reading chair downstairs with all the lights out. For me the kinesthetic senses are dulled so feeling the walls and holding onto the banister helps. I know where the light switches are so once in the kitchen I can get light. I recall times when driving in a thick fog produced similar disorientation and anxiety since the consequences for error and an accident are high. Using the metaphor of
