Thursday, October 05, 2006
- It's nearly over.. -
Mcw, that is. It's annoying me real bad. It's fucking up my times, so I'm glad this is the last of it. Spring feast... I know some of you are coming right?
Anyways, I couldn't be assed blogging this morning, mainly because I should be doing some readings, but there's this blind girl around uni, and I see her alot, walking around. I think there was something awrong with her leg and another day, I saw her with one less leg. Today, I saw her with one stocking over, I assume it's the leg that was missing. It just kind of made me think, if I'm blind, how much would I care how I was perceived? Will it be any different? Because firstly, you don't get to see who is looking at you, the way of all of us look at others to make them feel uncomfortable. Small smiles, small whispers all contribute to the break down of our self esteems. But when you are blind you don't see that. When you are blind, with a walking crutch/brace you don't see that people walk around you so you can walk through easier. You don't see peoples sympathetic eyes, or the eyes of those who look the other way when you come because it's the feeling we all don't want to deal with. This disabled stranger, who's life we may not want to be part of but feel the involuntary emotion of sympathy. I don't know. I've observed much of what goes on around her when she walks by.
Ah, today's going to be a very looong day at uni.
Anyways, I couldn't be assed blogging this morning, mainly because I should be doing some readings, but there's this blind girl around uni, and I see her alot, walking around. I think there was something awrong with her leg and another day, I saw her with one less leg. Today, I saw her with one stocking over, I assume it's the leg that was missing. It just kind of made me think, if I'm blind, how much would I care how I was perceived? Will it be any different? Because firstly, you don't get to see who is looking at you, the way of all of us look at others to make them feel uncomfortable. Small smiles, small whispers all contribute to the break down of our self esteems. But when you are blind you don't see that. When you are blind, with a walking crutch/brace you don't see that people walk around you so you can walk through easier. You don't see peoples sympathetic eyes, or the eyes of those who look the other way when you come because it's the feeling we all don't want to deal with. This disabled stranger, who's life we may not want to be part of but feel the involuntary emotion of sympathy. I don't know. I've observed much of what goes on around her when she walks by.
Ah, today's going to be a very looong day at uni.
-{ missing you 10/05/2006 09:59:00 am }-