SEE what I mean?

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    The famous blue and black dress had the world arguing via the internet for months. The explanation behind this is it more custom to your own eyes. It has to do with how your eyes FIRST perceive the colors. If you first perceive the dress and white and gold, it may be difficult to change the way you see it from then on out. Your vision learns from itself and builds off of past experiences. I have always seen white and gold and would love to see blue and black, however, I cannot retrain my eyes to do so. To me, the dress looks white and gold in a shaded area. So, a darker/shaded version of white and gold. In actuality, the dress IS black and blue. 

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/02/white-and-gold-black-and-blue-dress-the-colors-the-colors-ahhhh

    In a Ted Talk from Isaac Lidsky, he stated that"what we see is a unique personal virtual reality that is masterfully constructed by our brain." I loved his take on how you don't have to have vision to see. Sight is an illusion to him and with that, you can create your very own reality. Isaac learned more about seeing when he went blind than ever before. He found the importance of self-awareness and perception easier than those with sight. 



Helen Keller once said, "the only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision."

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