![]() Many characters explain the Eastern theory that the masters among the miniaturists should be able to go blind from their strenuous work and still be able to depict things in Allah’s perspective due to their memory and the imbedded nature of the craft, which they’ve done for so long. In class, we noted that Master Osman scrapes away the eyes in some paintings since eyes can symbolically connote individuality and uniqueness of an artist’s lens and the subject of their depiction (321). These two terms each have certain connotations depending on the context and who is speaking about them throughout the novel. One prominent theme in Orhan Pamuk’s My Name is Red is sight and its opposite: blindness. ![]()
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