Catching up

I took some time off after VT and am again back up on the horse, doing exercises daily. I feel my eyes are a bit stubborn of late, not moving enough in the sockets, so I'm trying hard not to turn my head when I follow object. I'm working with my swinging ball, following it aptly with my eyes and not my head and am continuing to work with close up depth, using a corrugated cat scratching block with three pencils sticking at various distances, allowing me to change my targets easily. I can X easily and see the correct number of pencils when focusing on each of the 3 pencils. I'm trying to integrate the eccentric circles at the far position but, as yet, aren't able to hold the frustratingly infrequent third circles I make... I don't realize I see them until my eye moves and they go away.

I'm using the Lifesavers and Brock String too, though the Lifesavers remain easier for diverging than converging. Frustratingly, converging is just very hard for me. Dan remarked that it might just be too much info for my brain to process, which I sort of buy, but won't allow myself to use as an excuse!

I'm also working with my red/cyan glasses looking at the color gel target mimicking one of Dr. Dan's tools... 

The circle is 2" in diameter and I backed each with white tissue paper. It gives me great feedback with the glasses as I work from close to about 17 feet back. Some days it's easier and stable, other days my right eye tries hard to dominate. Lots of switching going on as I move backward doing cover/uncover and glancing away for a bit then quickly moving my eyes back to the target. The next step is to make a smaller target of 1" shapes.

This brings me to our seeing 'Hugo' in 3-D in the theater. ..what an amazing experiencing! It was the first 3-D film I've seen with Robin. I'm not crazy about going to movies alone, so I've only seen one other 3-D film in the theater. 'Hugo' was awe-inspiring and so worth the wait. One reviewer commented that the future of 3-D is in Scorsese's hands and I heartily agree. The snowfall at the beginning made me giddy. The 3-D was a necessary part of the film, not a marketing afterthought. Last weekend, 'Sunday Morning' on CBS did a segment with Scorsese and the making of the film. They interviewed the author of the book the film is based upon and a history lesson about the automaton that features prominently in the film. I was happy to find out that the story is based on a real person's life.

One thing that helps me gain 3-D if I'm not in (or deeply in) is focusing on a small spot 20-30' away and switching quickly from eye to eye. It almost always kicks me in within a minute or so.