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ADRIA Passengerthrough my sense of smell and touch. The essence of something is focusedin the touch – a touch means contact, starts the flow of information andhelps me to form an image. Here is an example to illustrate it. When readinga book, everyone forms their own image of the characters; that is how I usethe information available to create my own image. You wouldn't believe howmany times people have told me that these images are virtually identical tothe real thing.It is not as if the period since I have lost my sight has never happened – in mymind, I have a film of everything, just like when I could still see. Sometimeswhen I'm talking to friends about something that happened, I realise that Ihave a complete image of it as if I had recorded the whole thing with my eyes,and it takes me a moment to remember that I had not actually been able tosee it. Even my friends are surprised by how vividly I remember things.How do you conjure up colours in your life?I love colours; I just adore them. When I think of India, I see a riot of shiningpatterns; India is a land of colours and so is Brazil, for example – I see shades ofyellow and green. I used to be able to see and that is an important element. Itmeans that I am now able to conjure up colours, especially through my sense ofsmell. When I smell coffee, I see brown; when I smell freshly mown grass in spring,I can envisage an intense shade of green. It depends on the external impulse, onthe scent. At the seaside, for instance, there are pine trees and the blueness of thesea. My world is in colour; everything I think about it is in colour. And all of thesecolours have retained their intensity. To me, each country has its own colour aswell – I associate Spain with red and Morocco with a reddish brown.The word "organic" has a special meaning for you; it has become apart of your lifestyle."Organic" is more than just my lifestyle – it is my biggest personal goal. Peoplehave not realised it yet, but organic food is becoming a luxury. It is sad buttrue that as soon as ten years from now, it will probably be impossible tofind food that we could still call organic. My hope is for Slovenia to becomea sort of "Ecoland"; I am convinced that this is something we can achieve ifwe raise enough awareness and organise appropriate activities. To this end,we founded Pro Organika for the culture of eating and living. Organicallyproduced products are sources of vital energy; they have a restorative effect onpeople and the environment. These products are in harmony with nature andtheir growth is not harmful to the environment.Let's touch on the technology that makes life easier for blind andpartially sighted people.Technological developments give me hope. Technology keeps me connectedwith the world. Last month saw the first person in the world being fitted witha nano camera (what is known as a bionic eye) to restore a small percentageof vision. This percentage will increase in the future as the technology isdeveloped further. Modern smartphones have been adapted for use to such anextent that they offer virtually uninterrupted usage and most functions thatare available to sighted people. In addition to my phone, I also regularly usea dictaphone, which I can use to listen to audiobooks. So I can still say that I"read" a lot. I am also easily able to use tablet and desktop computers with thehelp of sound technology.45