Silent eyes are watching you
Monday, 21 January 2008 Jacob TomawTonight, I am holding Jonah and rocking him. He is watching the border of something behind my head. It is amazing to watch his eyes move perfectly with my rocking.
We spend so much of the first months just learning to see properly. Focusing, following, staring, and analyzing. Imagine how important tacking with our eyes must have been to our ancestors.
Now imagine how all the training is going to go to waste in the modern world. The world might change a lot by the time he is grown. However, I see (through my glasses corrected reading deteriorated eyes) him only needing to see 2 or 3 meters from his face at most. Only half a meter most of the time.
Think I am wrong? How far are you from this word? When you are done reading, how far away from the TV will you be?
Anyone up to a hunting trip in a couple years? The theme: Iron Age tools only!