These Remarkably Endless Looping GIFs Were Created by a Blind Artist

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Written by John Oliver

2015-09-14

Native American artist George Redhawk using his remaining sight to create wonderful GIFs even though he’s legally blind. With help from computer software, the designer employs the art of gif-making to show others how he perceives the world as a man who suddenly lost his vision.

His current work, a mesmerizing fusion of still and morphing motion, titled ‘The World Through My Eyes.’

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“I was possessed, up day and night, trying to see everything I could,” Redhawk says. “That drove me to an appreciation of art.”

Out of desperation, Redhawk started using his sight to find everything beautiful that he could commit to memory — to, as it took it with him.

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