Hello, I am a little boy who only sees right with his heart...
Which doesn't make my parent's daily life any easier. So I'm blind and different (mentally speaking).
This blog was born in french during autumn 2003 and is now progressively being translated in your language.
New articles will therefore appear on a regular basis.
DISCLAIMER
... my apologies to the people who hadn't understood this yet, all articles on this website are created and written by myself (his dad).
Lou is currently unable to do it,, just like he is to this day unable to grasp the concept of a "computer", "internet", or to focus for a long period of time on a conversation. Only time will tell us if we manage to integrate him completely in the world in which he lives.
Therefore all stories, despite relating actual facts, are obviously biased by my interpretation of his behavior. But having known him for over five years, I don't think I'm getting it wrong.
Thank you to the "Roi Baudoin" foundation ( "Parcours hors pistes" ). The new design, hosting and translations were partially made possible by their financial support.
Many thanks to Marco Pappalardo et Laetitia Bouet for the translation.
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wednesday 12 october 2005
125. My perception 4 : What does being mean
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So you have to be patient with me, extremely patient : to explain, to explain, to explain. Again and again. By looking at the problem from any possible angle in order to find the right words, the words I'll understand.
Daddy and mommy have quite a few brainteasers to try and explain to me ! For example : what does being blind mean ? Easy you say ? Well explain it to me ! Is it "not seeing" ? Yes, of course, but what's "seeing" ? I know I have eyes, but I don't know how to use them. I can tell daddy, mommy, and everybody else around me move with an insolent ease, they guess things, prevent them, and that's thanks to "sight" ...
But you can tell me it's thanks to sight all you want, I'm still none the wiser, because what is "sight" anyway ? One of the five "senses" ? What's a "sense" ?
Ok, I get the first four (and even then I must still understand they are my tools of perception and they are called "senses") But the fifth, the one I'm missing... Is it seeing pictures ? Sure again, but what are pictures to someone who's never see one ? Besides, I also create "pictures" in my head, in my own way. The picture of mommy, for example, is a stamp, an odor, a noise, the grain of the skin, spatial shape. Go try and explain me sight !
