Jourdyn Cluver | Creative Works

Quote #1:  The body is the primary mode of perceiving scale. This palm tree is in the yard of my grandma's vacation home in St. Augustine, FL. She let me pick out which one to buy at the store. I must have been 13 or 14 at the time. I was so excited to have my very own palm tree. They don't grow in Wisconsin, where I'm from so it was pretty cool. I never thought it would last but now it's over twice as tall as I am. I'm now living in the vacation home and the tree will always be a reminder of my grandma. Quote #2: ...capacity of objects to serve as traces of authentic experience. This name tag was stuck to my desk the whole three years I was at Madison College. It was a symbol of something that I did regardless of how terrified I was. College was a huge step forward for me, at the time. I have since made even bigger, more scary steps but this name tag will always be important to me. Quote #3: The souvenir reduces th

Digital Drawing            Touch is one of the many things that we take for granted. To imagine what it would be like without our sense of touch is nearly impossible. That is, however, exactly what someone with MS deals with everyday. The nerves in their body do not correctly communicate with their brain, causing their sense of touch to be compromised. The nerves in our hands are meant to tell our brain what we are touching. This is, like many other bodily functions, is something we do not need to consciously do. It's easy to take it for granted. ______________________________________________________ (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)              Humans are not the only ones who react to touch. Animals are very sensitive to touch. This is my cat, Skunky. He is a very affectionate cat but he only likes to be pet in certain spots. For example, he does not like his feet touched (1) , at all but he would let you scratch his butt all day long (2) . The stom