Why I Smell: or How I Learned To Love My Amygdala

“Why I smell “is more than a love paean to our primordial brain-
It is the very fabric of my life, and has given me the ability to render strange gifts into utilitarian, life-saving, even exquisitely pleasurable moments.
We don’t get to choose our gifts in life- no matter how paltry or odd they may be.
I don’t think I smelled because I wanted to, at first; I think I had to.

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