Sight is not only about having a visual image of one's surroundings and reality, but also about being aware of and recognizing all connections use to have the broadest and most open perception. In his essay, Sacks suggests that sighted people are blind to reality because people tend to ignore the connections between them and rely heavily on others. By ignoring these connections, one develops a limited perception, an interpreted reality that does not use all the senses at its disposal. With blindness, Sacks describes how these individuals have a more open and enriched reality and environment because they use all of the senses. In doing so, "Dennis... had increased his sensitivity to the moods of others and to the more delicate nuances of their speech and personal expression... He felt that he had become much more sensitive to the emotional states of others since he had lost his sight. , because he was no longer fooled by visual appearances, which most people learn to camouflage” (8). Perception is interpreted reality, but having literal sight does not mean having sight of every aspect and detail of one's environment. Not using all connections creates an inaccurate reality, an environment that is not truly seen and is caused by self-deception. Not seeing reality, nor having perception, is not seeing the world and the environment at all. However, it is always possible to share perceptions with someone else and to be perceptually enriched by the perceptions of another person.