Sublime

But blindfold, with its daredevil associations, would be out of place in the eye hospital. It would introduce that word, which must only be whispered—(blind)—carrying like an infectious disease vector the same unpleasantness my cane brought into the waiting room. In

“Going blind has baked into it all the loneliness and isolation that we associate with blindness. A much more accurate way to describe it is becoming blind; blindness is much more an arrival than a departure.”

In life and business, the person with the fewest blind spots wins. Removing blind spots means we see, interact with, and move closer to understanding reality. We think better.

Milton’s response draws a sharp division between visual and mental impairment: I would, sir, prefer my blindness to yours; yours is a cloud spread over the mind, which darkens both the light of reason and of conscience; mine keeps from my view only the coloured surfaces of things, while it leaves me at liberty to contemplate the beauty and

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