From what I have read in “ The Mind’s Eye”, I think that every blind person’s experiences are different. The author uses John Hull, Zoltan Torey, and Sabriye Terberken as examples, the three have a drastically different experience when it comes to their inner eyes. Sacks says that the visual cortex or the inner eye is what gives you mental pictures of what things look like in your head. To explain, a person can picture what a relative or peer looks like, without having to see them because you have seen them recently and can remember. I’m assuming that the inner eye is similar to a muscle, if not used and exercised it can deteriorate over time. Therefore, if you can't see and you may to have a harder time putting together those mental pictures
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He describes being sightless as imageless. This is because after going fully blind, he just stopped trying. I guess it was he knew sightlessness was coming so he had time to prepare and decide he was ok with it. Unlike Torey, who had complete control over his inner eye.
To elaborate on, Torey lost his sight unexpectedly. He did opposite of what he was told and focused on making his inner eye strong so he wouldn't experience deep blindness. He has remarkable ability to control his mental pictures. I think that Torey not giving up on his inner eye, was a good idea. Because, now he can do things on his own without help by just visualizing his surroundings.
Tenberken’s story is similar to Torey’s I think. They both had control over internal visions but Tenberken’s is a bit more advanced. She has synesthesia, which is when things she sees is associated with a color. Which is pretty cool. Even though she’s blind, she can see color because of the condition. I feel like it’s a subtle loophole to blindness in her case. I feel like Tenberken and Torey are better off because they both have great control over their inner eye unlike Hull, who lives in an imageless, deep blindness. Hull’s situation sounds so dull, because if you're blind wouldn't you miss being able to see and want to create your own color, even if it's in your
He describes being sightless as imageless. This is because after going fully blind, he just stopped trying. I guess it was he knew sightlessness was coming so he had time to prepare and decide he was ok with it. Unlike Torey, who had complete control over his inner eye.
To elaborate on, Torey lost his sight unexpectedly. He did opposite of what he was told and focused on making his inner eye strong so he wouldn't experience deep blindness. He has remarkable ability to control his mental pictures. I think that Torey not giving up on his inner eye, was a good idea. Because, now he can do things on his own without help by just visualizing his surroundings.
Tenberken’s story is similar to Torey’s I think. They both had control over internal visions but Tenberken’s is a bit more advanced. She has synesthesia, which is when things she sees is associated with a color. Which is pretty cool. Even though she’s blind, she can see color because of the condition. I feel like it’s a subtle loophole to blindness in her case. I feel like Tenberken and Torey are better off because they both have great control over their inner eye unlike Hull, who lives in an imageless, deep blindness. Hull’s situation sounds so dull, because if you're blind wouldn't you miss being able to see and want to create your own color, even if it's in your