The blind eremite, looses glasses and sees more.

For the past month I have been living with blurred vision; a veritable mole in a world dominated by sight, the only objects I could see in full clarity were those that were within arms reach. Yesterday, I visited the optometrist to receive a new prescription, rush ordering my lenses so that I can pick them up later that day.

Experience more by seeing less.

A month without clarity of sight can change your sensory perceptions quite significantly, and even alter your world-view.

People often associate visual perception with mental cognition-- quite literally people tend to think visually.

We often take for granted how other sensory perceptions such as the aural (hearing), olfactoral (smell) , gustation (taste) , somatic (touch) contribute to our understanding of the world.

But as vision recedes, the other four senses become pronounced-- the world is a breathtakingly unfamiliar place.

The sound of birds you never bothered to listen to before.
The sensation of the slightest wind caresses you.
You can feel the rumble of cars pass by, and taste the fragrance of moist grass and earth suspended in the morning air.

Its a wonderful experience, that I wish I had experimented early on.

Anyone up for the challenge?