The Human Touch Literature accompanied by essays and short

accompanied by essays and short texts by contemporary Indigenous artists and scholars on each of Smith’s major bodies of work

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Sarah Powers brings us on an inspiring journey inward

She ran along the snow-covered cobbles

Over the next twenty years

The Human Touch Literature accompanied by essays and shortTouch is our first sense. Through touch we make art, stake a claim to what we own and those we love, and express our faith, beliefs, and anger. Touch is how we leave our mark and find our place in the world; touch is how we connect. Drawing on artworks spanning four thousand years and stretching across the globe, this book offers new ways of looking at the fundamental role of touch in the human experience. In a series of essays, the authors explore