more than blindsight

Shannon 2022-04-19 09:02:51

The voice-over at the beginning of the movie "Blindsight" introduces the principle of the storyline "Mirror and Lamp":

"Start with something simple, something you've seen countless times, like a tree. An oak tree, standing in a field, or somewhere else, imagine what the bark looks like, and then the bark on it Cracks, those bumps that might be called burls. The smaller the object, the easier it is to visualize in the mind, like a dog, a German shepherd. Large spaces are hard to imagine, before I lost my sight. The exceptions are familiar places, the apartment we lived in, the restaurants we liked to go to, my husband's office, or that shopping mall in the city center. You need to use your memory, be careful not to stray, and piece the details together, but you What is seen is not real memory, no one can remember all the details of a building. They say I will eventually lose this ability to visualize in the brain because the optic nerve will gradually atrophy in the absence of visual input, but I It slows down the recession process, and if I do my daily imagining exercises, I can maintain that ability. I used to ask my husband to make sure my imaginings were accurate, was that shopping mall blue or white? Then he would Google Earth looked it up, but then I figured that it doesn't matter if it's true or not as long as it's clearly visible."

It is clear at the beginning that blindsighted people living in their minds are like this, so think about it, is it not the case for people who prefer fantasy, and people living in dreams are not like this?

"If you want to express something freely, maybe you should try to visualize it in your mind. Especially when you are young, you should read as much as you can. Good novels, not so good novels, even terrible novels , are not a problem (in the slightest), in short, the more the better, and you have to read it locally. Let the body pass through more stories, encounter a lot of good articles, and occasionally some bad articles. This is the most important. Homework. It will become an indispensable basic physical strength for novelists. Take advantage of the health of your eyes and spare time, do this thing in a down-to-earth manner. It is probably also important to actually practice writing and writing articles, but in terms of order, I I think it's too late to get a row back." Maybe all of this is just like what Haruki Murakami said in "My Occupation is a Novelist", the lingering picture in her mind transcends the concrete representation of time and space and the id. Later, she became a blind writer, and I don't know how to express her position. In other words, I don't know if this is a blessing of "woe and fortune"?

View more about Blind reviews

Extended Reading

Blind quotes

  • Ingrid: He still thought about the quote: 'How one man's hate could unite us all in love'.

Related Articles