About four days or so ago, I was playing PavlovVR, and was enjoying myself immensely--not so much from the game itself, but by how much more 'on' my eyes were. I was definitely picking up a lot more visual information than normal, and had a much greater sense of depth and immersion. I'm becoming a much more visual animal. I was just noticing that there were certain things, certain details, like birds in the sky, or someone's facial expression, that I would have never noticed before.
I was moving around, noticing that I could pay attention through both eyes, it suddenly occurred to me what my vision therapist told me to do about 13 years ago. In some of my exercises, she told me to 'soften' my gaze. I kind of knew what she meant. But now I really know what it means. It's easing effort--and really taking attention away from any singular source of input--more like easing back and noticing input. This takes the strain off, and I found it made my eyes do their thing more naturally, and without effort. It's kind of funny. I was thinking about using my eyes in a productive way, and then I naturally found myself softening my gaze, as prescribed my vision therapist all those years ago.
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