We live in a myopic world. Our eyes are focused so intently upon ourselves, that we often overlook that which exists merely inches beyond our contracting pupils. It's not a condition of blindness, but more likely an illness of perception. We so often choose to see that which our minds can handle as reality, and intentionally blur anything that does not fit into our realm of normalcy. We perceive what we see according to a complex set of rules that have been handed down to us through society and our individual life experiences.
We often walk through life with our blinders pulled down in order to block what we see moving in the field of our peripheral vision. The image is usually a flash at the side, accompanied with the gut feeling that "something just isn't right with this picture". Not sure how to perceive these vague flashes, we focus straight ahead and study the picture before us. We choose to believe what we are focused on as being the truth, and ignore the shadows at the edges that present something vague and unfamiliar. Often the images we choose to see are nothing more than the opposite image of reality. Reality can be ugly. So we hang the clean images in our focus onto the walls of our minds, because they are aesthetically pleasing to the eye, and do not disturb the soul...read more
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