[Blindmath] perspective and the blind

[John G. Heim]

I call it feelization.   People are often amazed that I can move around 
the kitchen and put my hand on familiar objects without feeling for 
them. But anybody can do that. A common test for drunk driving is 
whether you can put your finger on your nose.  Assuming you're sober, 
you probably can put your finger on your nose. You know where your toes 
are without looking. My guess is that this ability is the same as the 
common IQ test where they show you a picture of a box with mmarkings on 
it and you have to pick from a selection of unfolded boxes that would be 
the same. And I'm guessing it's also the same talent as keeping a map of 
your neighborhood in your head. I'm guessing all these abilities are 
basically the same talent.

So the artist has essentially learned to translate that into a diagram 
sighted people will recognize.





On 12/04/13 18:50, Karen Sorensen wrote:
> In the video they showed the artist holding a model of what he was going to
> draw. (This wasn't verbalized in the audio track. )
> And the artist himself says that he sees with his hands.
> The MRI they did of his brain showed activity in the vision area of his
> brain when he thought about drawing. They concluded from the MRIs, that
> vision is not just what we see through our eyes.
> Fascinating stuff!
>
> Karen M. Sorensen
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