Remember Plato’s allegory of the cave:
It’s a philosophical analogy used to describe how we think about the world and education. Basically, a man spends his life in a cave, chained to a chair, with his head fixed in the direction of a wall where he can only see shadows flickering across it. Likewise, he can only hear the echoes of people near the entrance of the cave. One day, this man escapes the cave and sees “real life” for the first time. What would his reaction be to the real world?
Movies like The Matrix and The Truman Show have interpreted this thought into entertaining films, but a colorblind man named Ethan has given us a real world perspective of what it actually must be like.
Ethan was born colorblind and he’s never seen purple. However, he has an awesome friend who got him a pair of classes that correct colorblindness. This friend gave Ethan the glasses without telling him what the glasses do. Ethan’s reaction will make you cry tears of joy.
His wonder and excitement abut the world is like a child discovering candy for the first time. He completely loses it when he sees a purple case of Clorox wipes. When he goes outside for the first time, you’ll think he’s on drugs. He frolics in the grass and is struck by awe when he sees a flag sticking out of the ground.
It’s the most inspiring thing you’ll watch all week and you will never take purple for granted again:
[Featured Image Credit: EZwithETHAN via Youtube]