From the mushy orange surface of a street covered in fall’s excess life, a young man looks to the sky for answers. He sees colorful leaves tumbling to the ground in a final swirl of acrylic beauty. In each, he sees a story, a possibility, and a reflection of his heart’s deepest desires and regrets. Armor for Sensation is a collection of fifteen of the stories he sees with his mind’s eye. Each is an effort to understand the world to which he inexorably is a part, to which he cannot escape, and therefore must try to belong.