The museum curator's dream: "Touch tells you what you need to know"

The museum curator’s dream: “Touch tells you what you need to know”

There must be a literature on touch somewhere. Someone must have recorded in a diary or a letter the fugitive moment of what they felt when they picked up a special object or touched another being. There must be a trace of their hands somewhere. Touch tells you what you need to know. It tells […]

There must be a literature on touch somewhere. Someone must have recorded in a diary or a letter the fugitive moment of what they felt when they picked up a special object or touched another being. There must be a trace of their hands somewhere. Touch tells you what you need to know. It tells you about yourself.

(de Waal, The Hare With Amber Eyes; thanks to Robert for alerting me)