I get the most inspiration for writing something meaningful when I am out and when it is nice outside. The sun gives me the energy to get up and to think about something, to go somewhere, to experience something. And on those dark, rainy days I have time for absorption and processing the experience. Today is the exact day for writing something. So read on you guys.
This week was beautiful, so I, like every other Wednesday, went to the farmers' markets. As I said, when I am outside, it is the best time to figuring out the themes of the articles. This week I thought I would end up at a Gallery or something. But as I walked around the stalls, I got another idea. The stalls were full of fresh food. Vegetables and fruits of different shapes and colors. And flowers, tulips. My most favorite. What's more spring than the tulips? Right?
Then I began to think about how much a man can perceive by vision. And that there are those who do not have this luck. They perceive it differently. A lot of things can be harder for them, and it is sad to me to think about it.
So when I came home that afternoon and opened my laptop, instead of watching films and social networking, I was searching about blind people community in the Czech Republic. I was hoping to find a group of people with this disability and that I could support them somehow.
Instead of groups, I found something, that caught my eye. The Invisible Exhibition, which is part of the Invisible Exhibition Franchise System.
The invisible exhibition offers you not only the chance to support the blind people, but also to know how it is to lose one of the most important senses by which our brain gains the most information. At the same time, you have the opportunity to meet these people and ask them about the various things that interest you. The exhibition takes place in rooms where there is complete darkness and where you discover objects and equipment that they use on a day to day basis and which accompany this disability. You can not have mobiles and other stuff that light in the dark with you in the room. Without them, the experience is much more intense, because you really cannot see a thing. In doing so, you train your other senses, which you use more intensely.
These rooms are accompanied by blind or partially blind people who are completely involved in the project. Overall, the whole project is so well thought out, and I am very glad that something like that was created in Prague.
For more demanding visitors or those who want to repeat the experience, there is an advanced tour. It lasts for 90 minutes and you try to overcome the obstacles that blind people encounter in everyday life. Or you can book an Invisible Tasting or Dinner in advance. Wine and beer tasting in absolute darkness or even the whole dinner.
The exhibition takes place right at the New Town Hall on Charles Square. Within walking distance of a tram stop or subway. Below the article, you will find a link to the site where you can find other necessary information. Certain types of tours need to be booked in advance. For non-Czech speakers, there is a need to arrange guided tours in a foreign language.
I hope you read the whole article because learning new things is enriching in many ways.
https://neviditelna.cz/en/
From our external collaborator Tereza Kultová