1:07:03
- You've gotta trust your instincts.
- I don't have any.
1:07:06
My instinct is to close my eyes
and feel my way out of here.
1:07:09
That's a self-preservation instinct.
But you have others.
1:07:13
Virgil, you have to learn to see,
just like you learned to speak.
1:07:18
Perception, sight, life
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is about experience, reaching out
and exploring the world for yourself.
1:07:27
It's not enough to just see.
We've got to look as well.
1:07:31
Immediately following the operation
1:07:34
the patient experienced
extreme disorientation.
1:07:38
Images and colours
had no meaning for him.
1:07:41
But now,
1:07:43
just weeks after surgery,
1:07:45
Mr Adamson has mastered the ability
to define shape and distance,
1:07:51
giving him confidence
to move about his environment.
1:07:56
He is still
1:07:58
confused by new images
just as a child would be fascinated by
1:08:02
everyday objects
that we take for granted.
1:08:05
Look up.
1:08:07
What is it?
1:08:09
It's art. Dubuffet.
1:08:13
This is art?
1:08:15
Oh, now that has to be art! Look at that.
That is beautiful.
1:08:20
Uh, no,
that's just somebody being destructive.
1:08:23
- The words read something pretty nasty.
- What is it?
1:08:26
It says pigshit.
1:08:29
His progress is steady
but Virgil still relies on his touch
1:08:33
- to interpret objects in his surroundings.
- It's a dog!
1:08:39
I'm sorry, yes.
1:08:41
His understanding
of three-dimensionality
1:08:44
is very limited and confounding to him.
1:08:47
Wow, listen to the bells.
1:08:50
What's that? That lump?
1:08:54
Oh, that's... that's a homeless person.
1:08:56
You just walked right past him.
1:08:59
You didn't even look.