Esref Armaga, the eyeless painter
This ten minute video posted to wtf_nature was originally aired on Discovery Channel. Esref Armaga, a Turkish man born without eyes, is painting with his fingers. Basing his images off of what he’s “seen” with his hands, Armaga paints landscapes. Professor John Kennedy at Harvard University creams his undershorts about this guy. I’m not going to ruin the video for you so you can be surprised. They give him a test.
This dude gets perspective without ever having been able to see visual relationships. They scan his brains while he draws and his visual centers act as if he was seeing. He’s a pretty cool guy who wants people to focus on what he creates rather than how.
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