I had laser surgery nearly a decade ago. I spent top dollar and it's been by-far the best investment I've ever made. There is one specific thing I do miss, th

I had laser surgery nearly a decade ago. I spent top dollar and it's been by-far the best investment I've ever made. There is one specific thing I do miss, though, which was the ability to take my glasses off and disconnect into an abstract blur. It's not something I could have done while driving or while wandering along NYC sidewalks, but while at rest, it was an occasional relief. I don't remember my prescription anymore, because having perfect vision is so natural that I almost immediately forgot what it was like to require corrective lenses. The blurriness of the demo is definitely familiar, but the most interesting bits aren't there; To fully immerse myself into a world made immediately foreign and more interesting due to incredibly poor eyesight, relying heavily on my other senses to figure out the world around me. It was meditative in ways that merely closing my eyes is not. Like stepping into a living abstract painting and feeling my way around. I wouldn't give up my corrected vision, but there was certainly a personal benefit to it at the very few moments when I wasn't concerning myself with the inherent downsides.