May 11, 2010: Painter blind from birth
http://cellar.org/2010/armagan1.jpg
Painter Esref Armagan is in a unique situation: he's been blind from birth, and yet, manages to produce these paintings that are accurate perceptions of reality. http://cellar.org/2010/armagan2.jpg From the biography section of his website: Quote:
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Adapting a Ray Charles joke here:
Do you know why Esref is always smiling? Because he can't see that his paintings suck. Actually, I am impressed. |
How does he get the colors right?
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How sad...he's blind and can still paint better than me. Nice!
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I would imagine over the years he has learned (been told) that pears (that he knows by touch and smell) are 'green' or 'yellow' and probably has his paints and palettes set up a certain way.
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maybe he;s synesthetic.
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Possessed of synesthesia or not, if he has been blind from birth, how does he know what a watermelon looks like? Or that it's red on the inside, green on the outside, with little black seeds? I'm calling bullshit. Somehow. Somewhere.
That said, I can't paint for shit. |
Probably from listening to stuff like
"O my Luve's like a red, red rose That’s newly sprung in June; etc" |
I think they're paint-by-numbers.
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Squirrel, Spudcon ... you two stay the #$%& out of my PhD thesis, okay? :death stare:
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How do you perceive color? Because someone told you 'red' is red.
I don't think it's that farfetched to think someone told him what color things are, and that he organizes his paints in a way to use them. That's Blind 101. Or maybe it's a big grand scheme. He's not REALLY blind, and he doesn't REALLY paint. edit: at least no one cried 'shopped! :lol: |
:p:Shopped!
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