What if my eyesight should fail? Could I ever have enough insight to compensate for eyesight? Others do it all the time, both those blind from birth and those who lose their eyesight. I’m visually oriented, if not obsessed. Does that mean that as a visually impaired or blind person I’d be lost? Ruined? Hopeless? Other people manage to navigate a rich, full world without ever seeing it, and to have a deep, powerful sensory life without relying on eyesight.
One of the real questions here is how I live with change. Do I roll with it, or roll over and capitulate? The other underlying query is, from what do I derive my sense of self? Is it dependent on what I can see, and what I can do with it, or does my inner vision determine much more usefully who I am and what I value, and perhaps even what of value I can still bring to the rest of the world? If others have so beautifully managed to see the great and good whether they had functional eyes or not, I like to think—I hope—that I too will successfully adjust and adapt no matter what my life brings. May it be so. May it always be so.
Art-Colored Glasses 
And another reason to delight and rejoice in each minute of each day’s beauty. Memories to last no matter what.
Absolutely!
Christine
That’s what I think! 🙂
Excellent post….When Degas made his last works he was virtually blind. Because of this, he was able more readily to express the intangible elements to his work….A fascinating subject. xxx
No changes, please. I like things just the way they are. Said the ostrich as she plunged her head into the sand. Yes that is the way I like it; uh huh, uh huh.
Great thought provoking post Kathryn. We all have to handle change at some time in our lives on’t we, some more drastic than others. I have found that my attitude towards my drastic ones is the difference between my carrying on swimming or sinking to the very bottom of the sea bed. It’s all about choice and that brings responsibility! Help!!! 😄 xx