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March 06, 2003

What do the back of YOUR eyelids look like?

I've always wondered what other people saw when they closed their eyes... Because I don't see pure black. In absolute darkness, or with my eyelids closed, I "see" something that is more like television static. There is a fuzz of 'bits' or 'sparks' flashing out of time with each other, and if I try to focus on one spot in this field of flying bits, there is a definite specific pattern that always gradually emerges. To me, it looks like a small ball, spinning very rapidly and it's decorated with red, yellow, and blue concentric spots... Kind of like an archery 'target'. Gradually the small ball spreads out into a larger pattern, like the ball is unwrapping itself, but then I loose it and it generally goes back to the simple static field. I've thought about maybe creating an animated GIF that sorta simulated it at some point, but never got the great desire to show it to others... Sometimes I wonder... do other people see something like this in their own heads, or is this just me? How about you?

Posted by Andrew at March 6, 2003 09:38 PM

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