Eyeglasses
June 22, 2011
Definition: Optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision.
The definition sounds great but this is the one you will get from a dictionary or an optometrist. However, if you ask anybody who puts eyeglasses – and of course who is not an optometrist - he would say something totally different. He would start his speech saying these words “My eyeglasses are part of me”. These are the only words that would seem positive. The rest of the speech would be totally surprising for you. It would shift towards talking about ears, nose, cheeks, hair and maybe eyebrows or even sex!
My problem with eyeglasses is in the definition itself i guess. Or alternatively i can ask this question “Why should we look for something that corrects defective vision?”. Please don’t rush with the typical answer before you do the following: Spend one complete day without having your eyeglasses. Do that willingly and never think about them until the next day comes. I’ve done that myself many times. I almost do it periodically.
Not all people behave the same when they try to get rid of their eyeglasses. It depends on how much they need details and whether these details are appealing to them or not. For example you can like something so much when you see it for the first time but when you go through the details you find yourself offended. On the contrary you might fall in love with something just because of a very fine detail. And you can lose all this love once you can’t see this piece of detail.
As for me, removing my eyeglasses gives me peace. I always miss passing my hands over my cheeks and then up through my hair. My ears and nose are always complaining about these eyeglasses. I also can’t hear very well when i remove my eyeglasses but i like this. When i started wearing eyeglasses i was happy coz i never liked my eyes. But just few days after i realized how much i love them. “However, my eyeglasses are part of me”. I forgot to tell you that i always end my speech about eyeglasses using these words, not at the beginning like most people do.
