Match-ups, Fix-ups, and Blind Dates

[pygmalion]

When trying to explain to "muggle" friends why I'm so crazy about dancing, I tell them that my life before dancing was a world of black and white, and then it became a world of incredible colour.

Twilight Elena

That's a very apt way of putting it, T_E.

 

[fascination]

I love watching standard pros glide past in different colors at the end of a long day of dancing with a glass of wine in my hand...only bitterseet b/c I am not them...yet

 

[DWise1]

When trying to explain to "muggle" friends why I'm so crazy about dancing, I tell them that my life before dancing was a world of black and white, and then it became a world of incredible colour.

Twilight Elena

[QUESTION=rhetorical]
How can you describe colors to someone born blind?
[/QUESTION]

 

[lynn]

alone is important...not always fun, but important

really?? why??

 

[pygmalion]

[QUESTION=rhetorical]
How can you describe colors to someone born blind?
[/QUESTION]

I've often wondered that myself. :? Maybe in terms of sensations that they do understand? *shrug*

 

[DancePoet]

When trying to explain to "muggle" friends why I'm so crazy about dancing, I tell them that my life before dancing was a world of black and white, and then it became a world of incredible colour.

 

[DancePoet]

I love watching standard pros glide past in different colors at the end of a long day of dancing with a glass of wine in my hand...only bitterseet b/c I am not them...yet

I love watching ladies dance past in different colors, and I wouldn't mind being with them.

 

[DancePoet]

[QUESTION=rhetorical]
How can you describe colors to someone born blind?
[/QUESTION]

Good question! Perhaps a topic for it's own thread in Dancers Anonymous?

 

[DWise1]

I've often wondered that myself. :? Maybe in terms of sensations that they do understand? *shrug*

I encountered that particular question years ago on a TV segment which featured interpreters for the blind, whose job is it to describe to a blind person what's happening in a performance on a stage, eg, a fashion show. And the issue came up of how to describe the colors to someone who had never had vision and I seem to recall that the approach taken was something like you suggested.

But the question just seemed to fit perfectly with the problem of describing something to someone who had never experienced anything like it, like describing dancing to a non-dancer.

 

[lynn]

I like the idea of sharing something like coffee, but if it is after work be certain you have a good reason available to keep things short. Coffee before work and lunchtime always gives a person the reality of getting to work as a sufficient reason to conclude the date and keep things short.

That's true, but it requires the 2 people to work in fairly close proximity though....or else you're in danger of fueling the newest office gossip :raisebro: !!

 

[pygmalion]

I encountered that particular question years ago on a TV segment which featured interpreters for the blind, whose job is it to describe to a blind person what's happening in a performance on a stage, eg, a fashion show. And the issue came up of how to describe the colors to someone who had never had vision and I seem to recall that the approach taken was something like you suggested.

But the question just seemed to fit perfectly with the problem of describing something to someone who had never experienced anything like it, like describing dancing to a non-dancer.

That reminds me of an NPR story of a legendary radio anchor (whose name escapes me, of course) and how he learned to create audio "pictures" when he was reporting stories from Europe for US radio programs during WWII. It was pretty cool.

 

[pygmalion]

That's true, but it requires the 2 people to work in fairly close proximity though....or else you're in danger of fueling the newest office gossip :raisebro: !!

If the guy in question turns out to be "the one" it'll all be worthwhile.

 

[DancePoet]

There we go P, now we're being optomistic.

 

[pygmalion]

I tried to hold it in, but what can I say? I'm just an optimist at heart. Either that or just plain nuts. :lol:

 

[fascination]

definately nuts...(wink)