Vision

[Clodfobble]

Moisture + warmth + darkness = a breeding ground for infections. At a minimum I'd make sure to take the dressing off and clean your eyes thoroughly each day.

That said, I think the idea is kind of retarded, myself. It's the kind of thing college film students do just so they can make a documentary of themselves doing it. I can only assume that you have no job, or you have one that you can take a week off from, because I don't imagine your boss would appreciate the philosophical value of the experiment. So what will you do during this week? Either you will greatly minimize your daily activities like a real blind person would, in which case the experience won't be that philosophically enlightening, just boring, or you will attempt to go about your normal daily routine, and probably get hit by a car.

[Pete Zicato]

I would highly recommend against this. I sometimes have to have my eyes patched due to my cornea problems. The cornea specialist is very careful to put antibiotics in before and have be put drops in after. You can also abrade your cornea if your eyelids are closed too long.

Plus all the stuff that clod said.

[Gravdigr]

Ya know, I expected pretty much every kind of response when I made this post. But, retarded? So much for new experiences with some folks I guess. I suppose I'm in a minority for appreciating what I've got, and trying to experience something that makes me appreciated these things even more.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Moisture + warmth + darkness = a breeding ground for infections. At a minimum I'd make sure to take the dressing off and clean your eyes thoroughly each day.

That said, I think the idea is kind of retarded, myself. It's the kind of thing college film students do just so they can make a documentary of themselves doing it. I can only assume that you have no job, or you have one that you can take a week off from, because I don't imagine your boss would appreciate the philosophical value of the experiment. So what will you do during this week? Either you will greatly minimize your daily activities like a real blind person would, in which case the experience won't be that philosophically enlightening, just boring, or you will attempt to go about your normal daily routine, and probably get hit by a car.

No. I don't have a job. You also sound a little resentful that I might have a job from which I could afford to take a week off. "...Either you will greatly minimize your daily activities like a real blind person would, in which case the experience won't be that philosophically enlightening..." That's the least intelligent thing I've ever seen you post. How could this exercise NOT be INCREDIBLY philosophically enlightening? Why else would I even consider such a thing. You must be the polar opposite of the opinion I had formed of you. To call an experience like temporary, voluntary blindness "just boring" seems preeeety shallow. "What will you do during this week?" EXPERIENCE BLINDNESS. What did you think I was going to do, open a shoe shine stall at the train station? Get a job (wouldn't you be proud) as a proof reader at Doubleday? Living for a week like a blind person is the whole point. Have you never went without anything voluntarily? Some people say that you can never truly appreciate something, unless you've gone without it.

"...You will greatly minimize your daily activities like a real blind person..." I don't personally know any blind people, but I'll bet not one wouldn't find that statement offensive.

My plan was to do everything (with supervision, I'm not as retarded as you apparently think I am). Take walks. Sit on the square. Eat out at a restaurant. Masturbate. Ride in cars. Did I say masturbate? Watch (listen to?) a movie. Go to a bar, hear the band. Sit around and BS w/friends. One of the things I was looking forward to was going to a diner/cafe type place, anyplace w/a short order grill. At times, crowded, busy places like that induce panic attacks, and I was wondering, if it would be worse, or better without the visual input.

Overall this thread gets a solid