Serious PonderingOkay, so I know this is somewhat heavy, but I think it's an interesting question to consider...maybe its on my mind somewhat because of where I work, but here it is...I was thinking recently what it would be like if I had to choose between never hearing again, and never seeing again. I thought about it for a long time, and finally decided I would probably pick hearing over seeing, escpecially since I would have previous knowledge of what things look like. But I can't imagine never being able to hear the voices of people I love, or hearing the music that I love, among other reasons, which I'm sure will come up if we stay with the blog strain for a while...but that leads to another question...do you think mutal falling in love (for lack of a better way of putting it) would be easier if vision did not exist? Would physical attraction not come into play, or would we feel someone's nose and be like, 'oh...to big, I'm not attracted to them...but then, if nobody ever had vision, what would typcial standards of attractiveness be? Would fat, thin, short, tall, etc...matter? Ray Charles used to determine if a woman was attractive by the size of her wrist, but he had had vision at one point...anyway, just some light friday afternoon pondering... :)
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I've thought about that before, and it's really hard. Because my life would obviously be much easier if I were deaf than if I were blind. To the point where it's VERY hard to say that you'd actually want to be blind. It's hard to even comprehend being blind, and how difficult your life would become.
However, I live my life around music. A big part of how I identify myself is by the music I listen to. My favorite thing to do is to play music, by myself or with others, and going to concerts and listening to music. I would almost choose losing sight over losing hearing, just because i can't imagine losing that thing that is most important to me.
The irony of that, of course, is that I am quickly losing my hearing due to listening to music too loudly.
That is ironic...yeah, it is definitley an interesting question to think about. There are so many things I would miss seeing, and I agree life would become extremely difficult, if I were to lose my vision (which by the way, makes me SO thankful for eyeglasses) but I still think I'd pick hearing if I had to choose one...imagine never being able to have a phone conversation again because you couldn't hear the person on the other end?
True, but then imagine not being able to drive to work in the morning because you can't see.
I think the situation at the moment is that I, the realist, am having more trouble deciding between the practical answer and the non-practical one than you, the dreamer. :)
Plus, you forget, I don't have a car... :)
:P Fine, not being able to find the bus stop, or the subway stop... I don't know. :)
Hmm...so basically when the two of us wander around NY city, it kind of adds up to blindness... :) :)
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