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Models He Did Without Seeing
Arouses People Jealousy
Written by: Imge Ceyda DERIN / Translated by: Betul AYDIN
Ali Şerafettin Köksal who is deaf and dumb from birth,also lost his ability to see when he was 28
but he has never been weary of life since then. With the support of his wife, he has taken up a very
admirable hobby that connects him to life. He produces wooden models so professionally that he is far
superior than a person who is able to see. Starting making models, first with a bird cage, the biggest
goal of the blind model master is to make a model of Blue Mosque.
At a very early time in the morning, when we haven’t waken up yet, and when the
sun slightly touches our eyes with all its warmth by getting rid of the clouds, we
sometimes grimace in a spoiled way, because we are not ready to see the daylight
yet.We sometimes can not stand any more and close our ears with our hands so
as not to hear the screams of our neighbour’s crying child or the horn of the cars
that honking constantly. As we don not like hearing the noise. We also would like to
have some chat while we are sipping a cup of foamy coffee as the best way to enjoy
our coffe is an intimate conversation with a friend. With a melody that comes from
deep inside and the sweetness of it that effects our souls,talking by looking each
other’s eyes is generally a solution to most of our problems. Cause, sharing is
an awesome thing.
Now just for a moment, l et’s close our eyes and ears and imagine ourselves
remaining silently without saying nothing, supposing that we are dumb
and think and we are all alone with only our two sense organs, which were
taught us in the primary school,olfaction and the sense of touch. Without seeing,
hearing and speaking, in a heavy darkness and silence…
Ali Şerafettin Köksal has been living in that heavy darkness and
silence for nearly 30 years that we are not even able to imagine
just for a moment. Deaf and dumb from birth,
Mr. Köksal lost his ability to see in his early ages,
but even though he is both deaf, dumb and blind,
he hasn’t given up on account of his disabilities, instead
he has acquired a hobby, connecting him
to life, with the help of his wife.
Ali Şerafettin Köksal, who has been very
talented about painting for a long
time,makes incredible models.
We visited Mr. Köksal at his
workshop in the basement of
his house in Halkalı.