Carol H Tucker Passionate about knowledge management and organizational development, expert in loan servicing, virtual world denizen and community facilitator, and a DISNEY fan
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beladona Memorial Be warned:in this very rich environment where you can immerse yourself so completely, your emotions will become engaged -- and not everyone is cognizant of that. Among the many excellent features of SL, there is no auto-return on hearts, so be wary of where your's wanders...
When I was 8 years old, while I was in the third grade, I had to get glasses. No big deal, both my mother and father wore glasses so in a way, I was pleased. When driving home from the ophthalmologist, I remember jumping up and down in the back seat of the car, lunging forward to read different street signs [er, this was long before folks were strapped in with seat belts]. I kept pointing out things and finally my father wearily told me that it was no big deal, EVERYBODY could see that…..
Except until I had gotten glasses, I couldn’t see that. I sat back and experimented – glasses off, there was just a blur or smudge on the sign. Glasses on, and there were words and pictures and colors. It was my first foray into the philosophical question that has haunted me to this day: How do I know what others see -- or smell or taste or hear or feel -- of the world? How do I know what the world seems like to anyone else but me? I learned pretty early on that camera’s DO lie because few of pictures have been taken that look like “me”. I learned that there was no such thing as a “historical fact”. And I learned that relationships were very dependent on the point of view of the world being congenial between two individuals.
Now and then I am reminded that I cannot see the world through any other lens than my own mind, no matter how much I read or think or try. And that is why I read up so much on #TheDress – once again I was reminded that perception is very much a personal thing and we can only struggle to understand…..
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