A Different Way of Seeing. Helping You Make Sense of the Overwhelm
Hello everyone – it’s me, Fiji I don’t know if I’ve told you, but my mom loves to read books. You need to understand that books don’t make much sense to me. If they are made of paper they smell okay, but otherwise they’re pretty useless. My older sister Emily once tried to eat one …
Last week I described discovering that the way I visualise the world is different from most other people. Learning about aphantasia – the inability to visualise things in the mind’s eye – was a complete surprise to me. Because it so resembled my own experience. My initial response was utter shock. It shattered the way …
I was half-listening to a podcast when my attention was caught by what I was listening to. A visual artist was telling the story of how she realized she didn’t mentally see things the same way as other people. She described her shock when she learned that people were able to picture objects when calling …
As an author I love hearing what people think about my writing. I thought it might be fun to explore some of the different ways I get the feedback that means so much to me. The first thing I want to talk about is reviews. As I said in the title, reviews truly are the …
Hello everyone, it’s me – Fiji. If you read my last article, you’ll know that my mom came back from Mauritius, wherever that is, a few weeks ago. I think it may be taking time for her to recover from being away from me, because I see she hasn’t written any blog posts for a …
Hello everyone, it’s me – Fiji. I don’t believe it! It’s just not right! A few days ago I finally relented and told Mom she was no longer grounded. If you remember, I grounded her when she returned from Mauritius at the end of last year and told her she wasn’t allowed to leave the …
I often get asked about the process I use when I travel. I suspect non-blind people have a difficult time understanding what I gain from exploring new destinations. That was why I suggested travel as a topic for a presentation I was invited to give at the International Women’s Club meeting in Cape Town last …
In my last two articles I’ve told you about the events that we put on to showcase the results of the Never Seen blind photography project. These events were made possible by additional funding from British Council Sub-Saharan Africa Arts. When I first described our concerns about the current rolling blackouts in South Africa, I …
Having had a successful event at the Athlone School for the Blind to showcase the Never Seen blind photography project, we began advertising the online event that we would be holding in partnership with the South African Blind Youth Organisation (SABYO). To do this more effectively, we reached out to the regional leadership of SABYO …
Hello everyone, it’s me – Fiji. Last month Mom and I went to speak at the International Women’s Club. Well, if I’m honest, Mom went to speak and I went along to be adored, as usual. And what a wonderful day it turned out to be. There were almost 200 women there and everyone was …