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TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

John William Boone

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TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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  • TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comOP
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    2 months ago

    https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/blind-boones-vision

    I actually learned the poem first. And then found it was about John William Boone the man.

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      Goddamn. Felt like I just had a whole life.

      Thank you greatly

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    Due to Boone’s disability, he identified colors by feel. He called this “seeing with my mind”.

    Damn, wonder how he did that

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