I have a friend who sometimes asks me to describe a photo for her, especially when it involves nature or space.
She's been blind her whole life, so there's a real gift in the challenge of trying to describe stunning visuals in other language, by invoking other senses.
And the opportunity to help always improves my care with words--for which I'm very grateful.
I hope folks remember how much mutual benefit there is in being present with each other, whenever they feel like a burden with an ask.
@MLClark well said, and very important. Years ago, I took a canoe trip on the Concord River in Massachusetts sponsored by the Appalachian Mountain Club where we took visually impaired folks and described the scenery. For those who had been blind from birth or an early age, it was a challenge to find the words to describe what we were seeing. What was especially noteworthy, though, was to hear them describe what they felt and heard and smelled and trying to correlate those to the surroundings.
@cassandra17lina
What a beautiful mutual gain of an experience.
When it comes to the abstracted beauty of a cosmic shot, for instance, I find that I *do* have other sensory tools to describe it, but they go to rust when we're so reliant on the image to speak for itself. I get to see the world through new perspectives when describing it for others - as you no doubt did, too!
What a special memory. Thanks for sharing it. 🤗