sight

25 Oct 2007

A few years ago, when I was 21 or 22, I decided to pretend to be blind for a little while. Sometimes it's interesting to do something with your eyes closed- like something very simple that doesn't seem meaningful. Like getting some juice out of the fridge. Or checking the mail. It makes it seem very important and new and interesting. I must have been doing this that one evening and wanted to see how far I could go with it. I cheated a little bit because I had the help of my boyfriend at the time. But even so it was a pretty neat experience. I went from sitting on the couch to taking a shower to getting dressed and out the door, the whole time with my eyes closed. I can't really describe how it felt. I felt a little closer to home... like maybe looking inward instead of out. It was also somewhat peaceful. Didn't have to take in all the stuff that usually comes streaming in through my eyes. It definitely slowed things down. I took my time and had to pay attention to each thing I did. Anyway... with all this being on my own stuff that I'm trying to do, I was thinking about trying to do something similar in my new place by myself. I think it would be a lot more difficult and I'm kind of afraid to try it. I also think I'd feel very silly.