Every one of the sixty-four skills listed [in the Kama Sutra] has to do with the enhancement of pleasure, the enjoyment of the gifts of the earth, and close attention to things and people. Heart skills. . . .
Skills of the heart, whether in service to a lover, a parrot, an art, or a divine presence, call forth the same attributes of tact, appreciation, sensitivity, and attention: all of which are fueled by the desire to be closer to the object in question.
— Gail Godwin, Heart