BridgetAG wrote:
] logickal wrote:
] ] ] The painter is Esref Armagan. And he is here in Boston to
] ] ] see if a peek inside his brain can explain how a man who
] ] ] has never seen can paint pictures that the sighted easily
] ] ] recognise - and even admire. He paints houses and
] ] ] mountains and lakes and faces and butterflies, but he's
] ] ] never seen any of these things. He depicts colour, shadow
] ] ] and perspective, but it is not clear how he could have
] ] ] witnessed these things either. How does he do it?
] ]
] ]
] ] Being the father of a legally blind (although sighted)
] child,
] ] this is a fascinating study about what it really is
] ] (neurologically speaking) to see.
]
] How frustrating that this article contains no pictures of his
] work. Do you know of any links to them?

Try http://www.mersina.com/gallery/armagan/index.htm or http://members.tripod.com/~AnAHomepage/esref-1.html

RE: New Scientist Senses special: The art of seeing without sight - Features