Site Navigation Stories 7 – Karren Visser

Site Navigation Stories 7

Woman in her fifties is seated on a sofa in the foreground, behind her is a man in his seventies reading. The sitting room is well lit and full of books.

Woman in her fifties is seated on a sofa in the foreground, behind her is a man in his seventies reading. The sitting room is well lit and full of books. — ‘Lost without words’ is the phrase that comes to mind when I think of not being able to pick up a book and read like I used to, and the impact this is having on my facility to retain information and hold a conversation. Below this photograph is an adaptation of the original to create the impression of an old Persian rug. A clinician at the Oxford Eye Hospital shares sight loss information with less daunting analogies. Toward the end of a consultation, he told me my sight is like a rug, patches are beyond repair and in other places the thread is wearing thin. I dedicate this photograph to him.
© Karren Visser. Sight Lines, Arts Council England funded, 2021–22.

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© Karren Visser. Sight Lines, funded by Arts Council England, 2021–22.