Sight

So I must confess that I have lately (in 1 week) I have gotten quite excited with a new... ermm... TV show I discovered. To put it plainly I've been seeing quite a lot of Doctor Who during the past days as its extremely intresting. Sci-Fi, mixed with facts here and there, history, astrophysics, Sherlock Holmes type of mystery and of course funny overall. Still, the point I wanted to make across with this is that just yesterday I was watching the episode "Vincent and The Doctor". This episode to me was very shocking as it showed a lot of relationship to the sense of sight. 

Not to give any spoilers or anything, but the protagonist and his companion travel to the past to talk to Vincent Van Gogh as he believes he sees a face in one of Van Gogh's paintings. As the episode continues, we are introduced with the main facts of Van Gogh's life which includes his depression and mental issues, his artwork, the villager's distrust of him, his little success as an artist and others. However, the part I thought that was quite intresting is how, at one point, Vincent begins attacking at something the other's can't see. It turns out its a beast that only he can see and from that point on the protagonist and his companion help him to get rid of it. This is a very nice explanation as at the end its discovered that this beast is blind, alone and as it dies it is afraid. Later, Van Gogh says that the beast just attacked out of fear. He says that villagers are unable to see that he's not a bad man like they think he is, this lack of knowledge turns into fear, which consequentially turned into the villagers' agression as they began insulting him and children began throwing rocks at him. Which this I mean how people tend to use their sight to just judge a person for the first things they see on the outside, but they don't take their time to actually look carefully and realize there's much more than what it seems at first sight.

Additonally, as the episode includes an artistic icon, there are many parts in which he talks about the way in which he perceives the world.

Vincent Van Gogh: It seems to me there's so much more to the world then the average eye is allowed to see. I believe, if you look hard, there are more wonders in this universe then you could ever have dreamt of.

The Doctor: You don't have to tell me

Vincent Van Gogh: (Explaining how he sees the world) Look at the sky. It's not dark and black and without character. The black is, in fact deep blue. And over there: lighter blue and blowing through the blues and blackness the winds swirling through the air and then shining, burning, bursting through: the stars! (the sky gradually transforms into van Gogh's painting Starry Night) And you see how they roar their light. Everywhere we look, the complex magic of nature blazes before our eyes.

These two quotes of the epsiode are really relevant to be able to partially explain why I consider sight as an important sense, as it allows people to really focus on whats around them in terms of people or sights. There's always much more hidden to what the eye looks at first sight, making the world be full of meaning and new things to discover and explore, which is why I think that personally sight is very important. 

Listening to: Chances - Athlete, Night of The Hunter - 30 Seconds To Mars, Our Lady Of Sorrows - My Chemical Romance