As Magister P asks: what areas of knowledge do you find touch to be a primary way of knowing? And why is it a preferred way of knowing for you in that area?
Morpheus and Magister P think alike. What is real? We can touch what we "see", and the sensations tell our brain that it is real. Touch presents itself as the strongest sensory method for identifying if something is real. Therefore I believe touch to be a very strong indicator if something exists. Physical, concrete molecules pushing back against your fingers is a pretty strong resource telling you that it is real. Other senses can be obscured and altered by optical illusions and sensory confusion, but if you are holding on to what you believe is real, then who is it to tell you that it isn't?
The 100 Acres exhibit will be a fantastic experience for anyone. But what will make it THAT much better is the non-repressed urge to go over to the art pieces and touch them! Who wouldn't love to climb, slide, sit on, jump off of the sculptures and such that are to be in the park? Instead of staring into a canvas with colored oil paste blobs and being quiet and serious...we can feel the surfaces beneath us and enjoy it (and why not sit there and relax too and take in the world around you in nature with the noises that permeate the 100 Acres exhibit as well)!
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