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Hello!
I'm working on revisions for a book project wherein one of my main characters is non-seeing (blind) but was not born that way. (Accident brought about blindness). He describes experiencing color differently than a seeing person might (obv). I'm wondering if anyone can vet the following concept/passage for me . . .
". . .it’s like trying to tell someone what the color gold is when they’ve never heard the word ‘gold’ before. So I can tell you how things felt, but it’s hard to explain what I really remember seeing. . ."
Can any comment on this or lend some insight?
Thanks in advance!
—b
I'm working on revisions for a book project wherein one of my main characters is non-seeing (blind) but was not born that way. (Accident brought about blindness). He describes experiencing color differently than a seeing person might (obv). I'm wondering if anyone can vet the following concept/passage for me . . .
". . .it’s like trying to tell someone what the color gold is when they’ve never heard the word ‘gold’ before. So I can tell you how things felt, but it’s hard to explain what I really remember seeing. . ."
Can any comment on this or lend some insight?
Thanks in advance!
—b