And about how much I understand of it and how it works.

Is it something I can wrap my head around

or is it just a perception to me or what?

I'm not sure I understand the question so we'll

see if you can understand my answer. [chuckles]

[music plays]

Vision is an incredible thing. Like I have no idea how it works.

The things that you guys are able to do blows my mind.

And the things you're not able to do too. Like, you can't see in the dark.

You know, and your eyes have to adjust to it and stuff.

That's -- wow. You know, in the dark I get around perfectly fine.

You know what I mean? One of the things that

blows my mind is depth perception.

Like you know how far away things are. For example,

you're driving a car. You're driving like 45 mph. And then there's

a red light. And you just slow down, slow down gently.

and boop -- and you're right into position and you're right

next to another car or whatever it is. And you're right at the light.

I don't know if I quite understand how that all works.

[music plays]

Like there's a crowded room. A room full of people.

And across the room you see one of your friends

and you know that you can just walk right through that crowd and find them.

And just keep your eye on them and you get right to them.

It's really cool to me.

Like, for me, I don't know unless they come up or they shout

across the room and they're like "hey, come here!" You know, and then I try

and navigate my way through the people with my cane and stuff.

And that's how it works for me. But it's really cool that you guys

can see that. I mean, this one ain't going

to be very funny, I don't think, but... [director laughs]

I feel bad. There's not going to be a lot of laughs in this one, but...

[music plays]

Being able to catch a ball is neat.

[chuckles] Someone has to tell me,

"okay, there's a ball coming to you -- hands out." And, you know, try and catch it.

But you guys just see it -- I mean,

you always see these clips of people on ESPN and stuff

who have an ice cream in one hand and they catch a foul ball in the other.

It's incredible. I don't how you guys do that.

I mean, like at a baseball... Listen,

I know the odds are a zillion to one, but I'm always afraid

if I'm at a baseball game and a friend of mine

runs or goes off to get something or run to the bathroom whatever.

I'm sitting by myself I'm always scared to death that I'm going to get hit with a foul ball

No matter where we are in the stadium.

It really is scary to me though. [chuckles]

[music plays]

Another one of the things that I just don't understand

is how you could draw a three-dimensional thing

on a piece of paper -- on a flat piece of paper.

Like, I tried to draw. And I don't know if it came out

right or now, but you guys can draw a car on a flat piece of paper.

You could paint a car on an easel.

And anybody who would see it -- "oh, there's a car. I see that."

I don't get how you do that. To me it's just a flat thing.

Like sculpting makes a lot more sense to me.

Right, because it's three-dimensional and you could make something like

a car and you could put the wheels on the bottom and everything.

You know, it's all very logical, but...

on a flat piece of paper. I don't know how you could see a car.

I don't get it.

It's really strange. You have quite a gift.

You really do.

[music plays]

See, I'm trying to think when I sort of figured out that people could see

and I couldn't. I mean, because my sisters all could see.

And my parents obviously, and all my relatives and stuff.

You know, I think that's just the way it was.

And I don't think I really got what vision until

like maybe high school or junior high.

You know what I mean? Because I was too busy

just trying to figure out to fit into my own skin

and trying to be comfortable with myself. There's so much of vision that

I don't understand. There's tons of it that I don't get.

[music continues]

What I think seeing is, is that

well, my thought of it

is a little distorted. I always figured that you,

that sighted people see everything. I'm surprised when you don't see something.

So, what I think seeing is. You guys

just open your eyes in the morning

and you see everything in your room and you know

everything is where you left it last night. When you walk outside

or you could just look out a window and see what

kind of a day it is. If it's a sunny day... you can't see whether or not it's warm

but you can see whether if it's sunny or cloudy or raining

or snowing or whatever.

See, these are all the things that you do. I don't know --

right, these are things that sighted people do. I don't know if I understand what seeing actually is.

[chuckles] It so weird, but...

It's really tough to get my head around.

The things is this I think. I think the best

way explain this or to sort of exemplify

is this way -- as foreign as it is

for you guys to imagine what my world is like

not being able to see being blind my whole life,

that's how foreign it is for me to imagine what you guys do

and how vision works and what it's like to see.

I think that's the best way to explain it. It's a complete

180 degrees apart.

And it's pretty wild.

But I think that way sums it up best.

I don't know. Ask another question.

[laughs]

Viewer could you ask -- could you ask an easier question to answer please?

[credit music plays]

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Use your cane though or else you'll step in it. [laughs]