RE: [Paddlewise] Rolling With Eyes Closed?

Interesting thread. I don't have a roll yet, so this is somewhat out of
context, but I have done a lot of work in a photographic darkroom in low/no
light situations as well as suba in varying degrees of visibility. The
interesting observation I have made in both situations is that once my eyes
begin to struggle - or probably it's my brain struggling to make sense of
what my eyes are seeing - I'm better off if I close them and remove that
sensory input from the mix. Perhaps it frees up some CPU cycles, or perhaps
it somehow puts my brain into a mode where it uses the memory map of the
surroundings in place of the current observed data. Whatever the process, if
I close my eyes when visibility is very poor, things seem to be easier to
accomplish.  Hopefully this will be the case with rolling too.

Give it a try tonight by taking a group of objects and placing them in front
of you on a desk or table. Then in complete darkness, try moving them around
with your eyes open and then repeat the process with your eyes closed.  It
needs to be really dark so you can't see at all.

Maybe some people with expertise in the sensory field will have some input.

Carey


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