About Kayo Jade MIKI & Lolly 🐾
As a food writer, sensory marketer, and cultural curator, people often look forward to discovering the “Insights” of the audience. My blindness growing up "Blind sights" was like a mystery, always a source curious.
In the twenty-seven years since my childhood, the experience of visual impairment has not been a hindrance to my growth. Instead, it has served as a transformative power, enabling me to turn the challenges of my environment into opportunities.
Human beings have always relied on all senses, but most of us have closed this amusement park for a while. We're so used to seeing what we want to see that we ignore nature's messages. When we privilege any of the senses, there is an internal ecological imbalance of some kind.
Surprisingly, studies have shown that 70% of our information channels are visual, 20% are auditory, and less than 10% are used for smell, touch, and taste. This makes vision the most crucial way we learn about our surroundings, subconsciously influencing the decisions we make.
It's like in a world of light, we've managed to blind ourselves.
Sensory Change
As a food writer, sensory marketer, and cultural curator, people often look forward to discovering the “insights” of the audience. My blindness growing up "Blind sights" was like a legend, always evoking a certain envy and admiration.
In fact, being able to visualize even when I can't physically see is a survival skill for me. Some of it is about being mindful of the beauty of life, but more of it is about finding the diamond in the rough. I recognize that this approach, involving the competitive evolution of resource acquisition, value conversion, risk management, and trade-offs, is designed for individuals who are not inherently resourceful.
From Blind to Bright
These individuals will use every means at their disposal to achieve their goals, and while many perceive them as deceitful and manipulative, only those who have experienced similar challenges understand that it requires both skill and bravery.
At the same time, I believe that all pretense, in the face of sincerity, will one day be exhausted. "Corgi can fly" means to do the seemingly impossible. Also, my life partner Lolly (pronounced like avocado in Chinese) has a long tail, acts like a propeller when she gets excited, and chases birds as if she's going to fly.
Her destiny is very similar to mine. We are not abandoned by some so-called "home"; we belong to the entire world, and we all aspire to transition from mere survival to true existence.