paisley Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 The art of seeing without sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 Wow, that's pretty wild. I wonder if 'sight' is still being recorded through his eye, but there is a disconnect somewhere. So he is blind, but something in his brain is still recording images that come in. I dunno... Very strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted February 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 was thinking more along the lines of a six sense... its not too hard for me to picture lifelong blind folks developing a light 'radar' type sense... maybe heightened senses of hearing, smelling and touch can add up to a sense that can 'see' shapes or textures without doing so visually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted February 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 just did a search and found a few galleries of his paintings pretty cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenSeasJim Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 I love things like this. It gives science a much needed kick in the nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stapes Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 "stretch out with your feelings" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted February 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 that painting of Clinton is pretty weird if he didn't get to feel Clinton's head I'd buy this one : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Jane Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 ... maybe heightened senses of hearing, smelling and touch can add up to a sense that can 'see' shapes or textures without doing so visually I think you're on to something here. I was surprised the article didn't touch on synesthesia -- the blending/melding/overlapping of the senses. I personally experience varying degrees of synesthesia on e and I find the whole 'science' wild. Synesthetes (and I have no idea if I'm doing justice to the spelling) are people who "hear colours" or experience tastes as a texture, etc. I believe we do take in huge amounts of sensory data that we don't process consciously/pay attention to -- but that that painter must be way more attuned to his sensory inputs, even (or especailly) if they're not going through what we've come to consider the "proper" channels -- seeing colour through our eyes, for example. Perhpas to him, red is a taste, a smell...I wonder if this is making sense to anyone else? It's so difficult to express in words. A long time ago I saw a doc on the topic where scientists discovered that all babies are synesthetic and only over time and exposure, does the brain lay down those "proper/accepted" neural pathways that says smells will be dealt with in this part of the brain, sounds in this part over here, and eventaully we are trained out of our synesthetic abilities! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Jane Posted February 12, 2005 Report Share Posted February 12, 2005 what about it -- does any one else experience synethesia on E? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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