Smoking with Your Eyes Closed...

[Dimitri]

I was thinking the other day just how much sight plays a role in the enjoyment pipe smoking...my mind doesn't half wander when I smoke my pipe!

But really, seeing the smoke in front of you, blowing smoke rings, watching a room fill with slow swirling smoke patterns is so much a part of the experience.

Of course we talk often about taste and tongue bite and nicotine hit, all very important, but when I close my eyes for a few minutes and smoke my pipe like that, its a completely different smoke, all about feel and taste and the sensation of smoke in your mouth and nose...

Strange.,..

 

[Waning Embers]

But really, seeing the smoke in front of you, blowing smoke rings, watching a room fill with slow swirling smoke patterns is so much a part of the experience.

I don't see any smoke when my eyes are open. Maybe a hint of a wisp, but never clouds. People around me usually just assume I have an unlit pipe in my mouth.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Yeh, I am a visual person. I rely on my sight for so much. It took me forever to adjust to bifocals, because of the warped peripheral vision the glasses give me. But, when it comes to relying on visuals for smoking my pipe, I don't think it's much of an issue. Many times my pipe has gone out, and I am pretty sure that I could still taste warmed tobacco for an extended period afterwards, then after a while I realize that it is out.

Thin wisps of smoke at best emanate from me while smoking my pipe. And, in a darkened room, one would probably not even know that I was smoking, except for the smell.

But, if you like playing in billowing smoke, then good for you. You'll probably just want to watch out for bite and burning up your pipe if you get carried away.

 

[elnoblecigarro]

I like to watch the smoke. It's best when there is no wind and I can look at it swirling in the air. Definitely adds to the experience. I've never tried it eyes closed...

 

[Dimitri]

I don't see any smoke when my eyes are open. Maybe a hint of a wisp, but never clouds. People around me usually just assume I have an unlit pipe in my mouth.

Thats very impressive, I dont think I could ever smoke that slow!

 

[Dimitri]

Yeh, I am a visual person. I rely on my sight for so much.

Haha yeah, seeing is great!!! :D

 

[NomadOrb]

I think the best smoke I ever had was when I relaxed into a comfy recliner and had my eyes closed while I was getting caught up in my breathing. I tasted so many things, and didn't concentrate on making enough smoke come out of my mouth.

 

[STP]

Ha... I like to be engulfed in a plume or smoke ? It agree, smoke certainly adds to the overall experience.

 

[brut666]

The smoke is not much of a "thing" for me. I mainly read when I'm smoking my pipe. Fortunately I don't have much smoke from my pipe. I never filled a room with smoke while piping

 

[warren]

I don't do "clouds" of smoke. A sip here and sip there and I'm a happy smoker. I really do not like the reek of stale smoke in my hair, walls carpet or clothes. Neither am I trying to send signals about the location of the wagon train or buffalo herd so, I don't "puff" and try to fill a room.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

I don't have clouds of smoke. But there is smoke. I thought that was the objective in "smoking" a pipe.

 

[Olkofri]

For me, a big part of the enjoyment of smoking is watching the big swirls of smoke go up. I wouldn't enjoy smoking in the dark.

 

[warren]

Silly me! I thought taste and nicotine (some won't admit to that though) were the goal of smoking a pipe. I simply do not enjoy either my vehicle, clothes, hair walls and carpet reeking of stale smoke.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

After a carride with Hoosier...

 

[bullet08]

It's not that I want to close my eyes. I just doze off often when smoking pipe.

 

[brut666]

It's not that I want to close my eyes. I just doze off often when smoking pipe.

Full on relax mode, love it ???

 

[Capt Morgan]

I think I have 3 moods I smoke a pipe in. There is I'm at work and concentrating, often goes out as I am not usually paying attention much attention to my pipe. There is sitting in my chair thinking about what I am going to do after the current pipe I am smoking, I will watch the smoke during this mood and smoke slow. Then there is the I need to relax mood, usually the end of the day and I am just trying to forget about the day, there tends to be nothing beyond me and my pipe at this point, eyes opened or closed does not matter, I am the smoke at this point...

 

[cigrmaster]

I have to smoke with my eyes open or how else can I read all the life shattering things that go on pipe sites like this.

 

[eslavs]

It's not that I want to close my eyes. I just doze off often when smoking pipe.

Yes, this. That's how I know I'm doing it right.

 

[ChuckMijo]

Depends on how drunk I am