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I have a vague notion that last night's dream had some sort of either fantasy or perhaps renaissance mood. But that's about it.
An interesting Paradox of Life:
Why is it that eyewear shops that specialize in speed (an hour, perhaps, for a typical pair of glasses) require progressively more time to finish more complicated glasses? On one level, this makes sense -- they are not as used to grinding prisms and astigmatism correction into glasses and thus are less efficient (or have to ship the frames elsewhere to have these done).
However, there is the other level where this makes no sense at all. Namely, people who have to purchase these singular spectacles (i.e. me) are the ones LEAST ABLE TO LIVE WITHOUT THEM FOR EXTENDED PERIODS.
Reality check. This would be frustrating if it weren't so funny.
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Being short sighted myself, this post in particular resonates somewhat with me. I usually go to my local "one hour turnover" shop, but recently I have been a little slack and have been relying on a single pair of glasses (no backup).
ReplyDeleteI went to have new lenses put in and thaught I'd better treat myself to a new second pair aswell, but becouse I had already fallen back on my spare pair I had to leave the shop and wonder around without glasses for an hour.
I realised it's great for speedpainting as your eyes don't so much cut out the detail as make everything into big blocks of rudimentary colour anyway. ;)
Also, while walking through the busy town center I was easily able to ignore those horrible (friend of a friend) people I knew but did not want to stop and chat to at that time - and not feel bad about it!
The best thing is, when you finally end up in a situation where you can't ignore these people without acting like a complete pig, they bring up the fact that you didn't acknowledge them last time. So when you mention you went to the optician and weren't wearing any glasses they apologise like crazy and make excuses to leave becouse they think you're so offended.
Double win!
Then, becouse they think that you think they've called you a retard (in a roundabout way) they try to look inconspicuous and ignore you the next time they see you.
Hat-trick!
Moral: Never begrudge the extra 20 minutes!
I do remember reading that many great artists have some sort of vision problem -- the theory goes that since their eyes don't form a proper 3-D picture, they're better at translating it to 2-D.
ReplyDeleteOf course, the other idea is that bad eyesight contributes to the unusual features of their works (bright patchy colors, perhaps, or slightly odd ones).