Vision improvement fun...

Vision is closely related to photography and I agree that a "good eye" is necessary, but so far I got away with just how I am used to be seeing things.

Our brain is a truly miraculous feature in the way it adapts to all kinds of lazy nonsense we humans accept as norm of our existence.

The fact that I don't have a perfect vision doesn't mean I can't see stuff crucial to my survival or passion. So - I'd have to sit closer on lectures, or examine art at closer distance. Things I couldn't see I decided weren't important enough to see. The rest - brain would figure out.

I'm doing the Norbekov program entirely for fun. The added benefit is that I might get rid of the "must wear corrective lenses" on the back of my driver's license. I also think it is crucial to the success of the experiment - to be emotionally detached from the outcome.

Today I scheduled my first appointment to get specific (and current) numbers on my eye sight. It's next week, but it doesn't mean I am going to stop with exercises. Wasn't too consistent anyway.

Also, today I noticed an interesting effect while I was doing my favorite exercise - walking around outside, with a happy heart, looking at things that are usually blurry, and imagining that I'm seeing them clearly, and watching them become sharper. I noticed the 3D effect which a good lens gives you. This depth to the scene - wow, I was fascinated. I didn't think even for one second that our eyes do the same thing as lenses. Just never bothered stretching the muscle and finding out!

How lazy one can be, huh?

So this is what's new.

Staring at the chart while doing the same thing also works and gets better every time. Only it's super boring and I almost never remember to do it. Lucky for me - Norbekov recommends using the chart only for a couple first times in the program. Then he insists on moving on to real life.

Other exercises are much more like traditional eye training, so I try to create and maintain a routine of doing them before I meditate. If I go and meditate that night that is.

Read more in the previous posts:

1. New project... Gone wild!
2. Humble beginnings...

Season's "gifts"...

backyard is the best adventure...

This morning, in order to take out the trash, I had to wear high snow boots, ski suit and prance around the knee high snow that piled up in our yard. Needless to say it was the best workout I had in days. Fun too. Also ended up photographing a lot of stuff and some of it is here... Didn't want to go back inside. Sun and snow made me blind too - so the house seemed so dark... like a cave. Only with a woodburner, heh..

  

Ah... caught that drop after nearly 100 clicks!

The weekend is over but the best is only beginning...

More beauty from the sky...

I hope you don't get tired from looking at these... our planet is beautiful and hovering over in some sort of an aircraft always brings me to seeing things differently. Kind of puts them the way they should be, you know what I mean?

 

Overall sense of humility.....

Lake George...

Most of us here in NYC area heard of Lake George. Very few saw it from the air. I would not say I know which way it's more beautiful. I think from the ground it is definitely breathtaking. From the air... well, it's still very far from all the seriousness of Lake Powell down south... but look how - ahhh!

 

Illustrating the power of the circular polarized filter... A little twist and a photograph looks completely different. What do you say?

 

No wonder so many spend their vacations there... huh? :)

I didn't practice any Norbekov today. The day was emotionally very draining and I barely made myself sit at the computer instead of curling up and falling asleep to recover. Here's to a better tomorrow!

Have a wonderful night~

I lied

Ok, lied about winter being boring!

Check out what my camera did while we were busy on the second day of Inesperado music video making:

Humble beginnings...

To update on the Eye Sight Project (ESP) - in past couple of days I did the following:

- re-read the exercises from the Norbekov's book (I have since I just got into college),
- found an eye sight chart online, printed it and practiced the technique on it (just a little...),
- looked for my old (5 years ago) eye exam paperwork to see what numbers they have on there - to save myself a trip to the vision store (there hasn't been any change to my sight, so, why can't I use the old one...). Nothing useful that I could comprehend, so I put it back in the drawer.
- practiced (inconsistently) some of the exercises from the book (looking left/right/up/down, moving eyes around and stretching those muscles in there while smiling and cultivating the feeling that I'm in love with the entire world)
- practiced "imagining that I see very well" technique and had fun with it

Today, I printed another chart. Those at home were very supportive. They held the chart up and moved the pen around the letters and patiently waited while I found my way to use those untrained muscles and make the letters on the blurry lines come into focus.

The kid is now convinced that I don't know my alphabet and the big one... he said I have eyes of an eagle. A very old eagle, hahah.

I still haven't made it to do the real eye exam, so that's still on a planner. But from what I recall - years back I had either a minus 1.5 or a 0.8 (I don't know which system is used here in US and which back in Europe, so I can't tell convincingly enough)... Also one eye has astigmatism and is seeing a little worse than the other.

Norbekov's book says that with persistence and practice I can have my vision back to where it belongs in a matter of 2 weeks or so. Or at least it should start improve dramatically. So, I think a month is a good time frame to test after.

Have a wonderful rest of the Sunday! Weather is gorgeous and I can't wait to work on some new stuff today... hopefully can figure out the music licensing and then you'll get to see something fun I did with some very cool people a few weeks back.

New project... Gone wild

Since life of a photographer (once they gone professional but haven't quite reached the rising moment of their specific dream jobs) can become pretty mundane during winter and there's nothing much to write about - I decided to be a little more controversial and post here about a certain experiment I'm undertaking. It will serve in two different ways. One - in case there is anybody out there interested in reading this - it might be useful, no matter what the result is. And two - I will tell you this secret just once - I don't have a very good discipline in finishing what I start if the subject lies outside of the goals I've set up on my "must do in three months" list. And this is definitely low in priorities. So I need encouragement, support and demand of the progress. Which I hope you will provide, whether in comments, emails or phone calls (ok, ok - it only seems like I've got too much time on my hands - you'll see that this shouldn't take away much of my daily free minutes.

So - what is the deal?

I am going to try and stick to Norbekov's vision improvement routine for a month and see if anything changes.

I will
1) go to the vision store and have them examine my eyes.
2) do daily exercises and post about them as often as I can.
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3) go to the vision store and have them examine my eyes in a month and see what's happening.

And if there's any interest in exercises I chose for myself - I will certainly describe them - just let me know.

This is all I've got for now. Have a good night!