This is a nice example of how sensory substitution can possibly make you notice/recognise something without really actively/specifically trying to focus on a specific aspect...<smile> Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' ----- Original Message --------------- Subject: [The vOICe] A Glimpse of Body Language From: Peter Meijer <feedback@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2011 08:40:00 +0200 >Hi All, > >The appended new blog post by Amanda is an interesting read, and mentions >how she is able to see a person stand with arms crossed. > >Best wishes, > >Peter Meijer > > >Seeing with Sound - The vOICe >http://www.seeingwithsound.com/winvoice.htm > > >Sunday, September 4, 2011. > >A Glimpse of Body Language. > >The transportation service where I live is quite random. Today it sent me a >driver who was already carrying other passengers and did not want to answer any >of my questions. He did not seem to understand that I had no other way of >knowing the order in which events would take place and when I would be dropped >off. This could either be due to a severe case of mind blindness or lack of >enthusiasm for working on Sundays. He applied the gas and breaks very abruptly, >drove fast, and honked his horn. I focused on the soundscapes and saw a set of >stairs out my window right as we dropped off another passenger at a church on a >university campus. They seemed to grow closer together as they rose to the >right. The idea that stairs and buildings can seem to exist while I am in an >enclosed space that is separate from them is relatively new. > >An unknown number of time units later, I was being escorted through the wrong >door at my own church. Still more time units passed, and then the message for >this morning was presented by the Engineer, who normally leads the band. Since >he is an engineer, he gave several examples and made a great deal of sense. >After this, a friend and I were talking. "When you look at me," Ken asked, >"what >details can you make out?" He turned his head in a slow and exaggerated way >until I could see it. Then something occurred to me. "You stand with your arms >crossed, don't you?" I crossed mind over my chest to show him what I'd seen. >"No. Arms cross means that one is defensive. I am not defensive, so I stand >with >one arm sticking way out and cause people to flip backwards when they walk by." >His arms were no longer crossed when he made this joke, but because I see in >still frames I cannot say exactly when he uncrossed them. Just then someone >turned on the loud music which whited out most detail. Ken's image all but >disappeared. > >On the ride home with CBeth, the subject of the glasses came up and I explained >what had happened. She said that Ken often stood this way and therefore I was >correct. This is becoming very different from sonar in which a person is either >present or absent, sitting or standing. Without the glasses they are all >formed, >yet featureless. It is only a matter of time before I recognize someone. > >Source URL: >http://darknessesc.blogspot.com/2011/09/glimpse-of-body-language.html > >To unsubscribe, send a blank e-mail to seeingwithsound-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >with "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. To subscribe >again, send a blank e-mail to seeingwithsound-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with >"subscribe" in the subject line, and next reply to the confirmation message. ---------- To send a message to the list, send any message to blindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to blindza-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject line --- The 'homepage' for this list is at http://www.blindza.co.za