AGONY & EYE-RONY
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FOR THOSE WHO HAVE
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If you’re like me, you can only see out of one eye. You may have lost vision due to an accident, a medical procedure or a health condition. Regardless of how you lost half of your vision, you and I and tens of thousands of others share several challenges and characteristics. If you’re like me, you:
Admittedly the life-changing consequences of our condition pale when compared to those who have lost arms, legs, organs and other vital life functions and capabilities, but—it’s still a challenge to be monophthalmic, monocular, a veritable monoculus. That’s right, there’s no good word for people who have only one working eye other than simply “one-eyed,” but that suggests the person has only one eye. I have two eyes but only one can see, so technically you shouldn’t call me “one-eyed.” In Spanish the word “tuerto” is often used to mean “one-eyed,” while “luscus” is Latin for one-eyed. Whatever term you use to describe your condition, you may want to browse the websites and articles below that deal with having but on working eye. I will be updated and enhance this page periodically. If you’d like to be informed of such updates, please click here and provide your name and email address. This page Updated: March 22, 2021 |
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BOOKS ABOUT HAVING ONLY
ONE SEEING-EYE & OTHER VISION ISSUES:
A Singular View; The Art of Seeing With
One Eye Twilight; Losing Sight, Gaining Insight Eye Was There; A
Patient's Guide to Coping With the Loss of an Eye Lost Eye: Coping with
Monocular Vision after Enucleation or Eye Loss from Cancer, Accident, or
Disease The World Through Blunted Sight |
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WEBSITES https://www.afb.org/forum/general-questions-about-blindness/blind-in-one-eye-1426/12
IN MEDICINE https://www.dukehealth.org/blog/learning-live-one-eye
RESEARCH http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-24525501 https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/13/science/visual-cues-compensate-for-blindness-in-one-eye.html
IN THE ARTS https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/collection/s0113V1962
IN LOVE & ROMANCE https://www.quora.com/Will-you-date-an-one-eyed-person-ladies
IN HISTORY http://offbeatoregon.com/H011_OneEyedCharlie.htm
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MONOCULAR & BLIND WRITERS https://blog.bookstellyouwhy.com/from-homer-to-borges-a-list-of-blind-writers Jorge Luis Borges James Joyce
A Survey of Blind Writers
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MONOCULAR CELEBRITIES
Famous people who were partially blind:
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This page is for writers (and others) who have the singular distinction of having a singular view of life since they have only
one eye with working vision.
KEY PHRASES:
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