My origin story. I am Kit Rosefield. I am a son. I am a husband. 

I am a father. I am a grandfather. I am a brother to three halfsiblings. 

I am a brother to three stepsiblings. I am a brother to all. I am experienced. 

I am a spiritual being. I am an artist. I am a musician. 

I am a poet. I am a sailor. I am a wannabe. I am a solar energy enthusiast. 

I am a water specialist. I am an industry trainer. I am a college professor. 

I am retired. I am blind. 

Bold folks who meet me for the first time, see my white cane, but notice I'm not 

totally blind, well ask me, what can I see? I tell them the question is not what 

can I see, but what do I see? 

I then tell them I see lollipops, gummy worms, and twinkling sprinkles. 

I recently read a book recommended by my friends at Lighthouse for the Blind and 

Visually Impaired, the book was entitled "When You Can't Believe Your Eyes" by Hannah 

Fairbaron. It described the condition called Charles Bonnet syndrome with the effects 

of visual release hallucinations. 

The theory is that while the brain of sighted folks’ processes thousands of images 

daily. The brain of folks losing their vision fills their field with images that 

aren't really there. In my case, my central vision is filled with undulating clusters 

of pink red and yellow green dots that sparkle. In the upper left-hand portion are 

clusters of pink red spirals that look like old -fashioned lollipops, and randomly 

wandering through our bright yellow red worms, typically referred to as floaters. 

I often joke that I used to pay good money for these types of hallucinations, and 

now I get them on a natch. Actually, not so funny is this all the time, but as 

you can see I make the best of it. Along with these visual images, comes the 

sensations of sound, smell, and touch. I therefore call this project my sensory 

experience. I hope you enjoy following along with the four panels done in tactile 

art that are accompanied by poems representing four of my favorite places in my world. 

Truth is, I am grateful for the vision I do have, and all the goodness in my 

world. I therefore have adopted the mantra, "Just say, 'Thank you.'"