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michaelboyI think nearly everyone has pressed on their closed eyes, especially in the dark, and have seen those odd looking splotches of color. When I worked in the coal mine, I would sometimes shut off my cap lamp and although I know it was impossible to see anything in total darkness, I imagined I did. Of course, it may be the same sort of retinal nerve anomaly that a person notices after a camera flash or after an unintentional glance at the sun.
In the past several years, I’ve been able to close my eyes and see these splotches in much more detail. I know that it is probably imagination more than reality. (And no, I don’t hear voices others don’t hear). But, at times, they appear in a nearly orthochromatic fashion and can be as detailed as faces and places.
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We’d walk on dirt roads late on some nights that were moonless and the light dust of the road surface would appear to fluoresce. I imagined it to be a chemical reaction to the fog that would roll from the creek in the nearby cow pasture.
And with all the darkness of the past several days;
In the past several years, I’ve been able to close my eyes and see these splotches in much more detail. I know that it is probably imagination more than reality. (And no, I don’t hear voices others don’t hear). But, at times, they appear in a nearly orthochromatic fashion and can be as detailed as faces and places.
* * *
We’d walk on dirt roads late on some nights that were moonless and the light dust of the road surface would appear to fluoresce. I imagined it to be a chemical reaction to the fog that would roll from the creek in the nearby cow pasture.
And with all the darkness of the past several days;
