“Unlocking Perception: Discover the Hidden Depths of Sight in Naomi Cohn’s Intriguing Braille Encyclopedia”
Cohn comes to see braille for the duality it is: a system of communication that is hidden to most of the world. In the mysteriousness of “night writing,” Cohn finds meaning in the dots and bumps that most gloss over. She finds meaning and vocalizations in a system based on silence.
For Cohn, metaphors and figurative language aren’t confined to the sighted written word. These metaphors and figurative meanings are expanded to the physical and tactile tools needed to read braille. Allowing her voice and narrative to flow freely in both the world of night writing and in the traditional print world, Cohn engraves a place for braille to function as both a tool of writing and a metaphor for sovereignty over her writing.
