In a young adult novel called A Wrinkle in Time, the main character, space-traveling Meg lands on a foggy, colorless planet and meets one of its inhabitants: Aunt Beast. Meg pities Aunt Beast because she has no eyes. They converse about “sight” and when Aunt Beast finally grasps the concept, her reaction is pity. She worries that Meg cannot truly know others if a great emphasis is placed on appearances.
I like the irony of titling this highly color-saturated series after Aunt Beast. And I love the idea that vision, even for visual artists, is not always our most illuminating sense.
Click on the thumbnails below to see each individual piece in the series.
