Word pictures

Over at Things to Make and Do Jane has written about an event last Friday organised by the RNIB. Apparently 1 in 3 of us is embarassed to tell people what we like reading. But at least we are able to do so. For those who are visually impaired the choice of books available in an acceptable format is scant - about 7% of the titles those of us with better sight have access to. It is hard to imagine what life would be like if the pleasure of reading were taken from us so please take a look at Jane's comments and read more about the event to raise awareness of this issue. It reminded me of this video which I've seen in a few places recently. It's the trailer for a book called 'Word as Image' by Facebook's Creative Director, Ji Lee. If you watch it with closed eyes it is a meaningless babble of noise but seen as it's meant to be, it is a visual treat. A salutory reminder of the gift of sight and the fun available to those of us lucky enough to be able to use a computer to communicate with each other in this way.