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The sighted person always has a roof overhead, in the form of the blue sky or the clouds, or the stars at night. The same is true for the blind person of the sound of the wind in the trees. It creates trees; one is surrounded by trees whereas before there was nothing.

~John, M. Hull, Touching the Rock: An Experience of Blindness

Artwork:
Van Gogh, V. (c. 1883-1884). Landscape with windswept trees. [Oil on panel, paper]. Retrieved from Wikiart.

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