My Off-Topic Mind Contortions

----Believe it or not, this is relevant. At one point in my book, Meg is trying to describe vision and light to creatures who don't have eyes. They just sense everything, like radar. And I read this and said, "she's failing pathetically." But then I realized I can do no better. Here goes.
----Sight is a sense, like hearing or taste. Like those, it's hard to crack open the definition because it's a closed system your brain needs specialized cells to handle. If you aren't born with the capacity to see, you physically can't do it or understand it, no matter who tries to help. Seeing is when a person turns their eyes toward something and knows of its presence and many physical attributes, including color, shape, and size. It's usually the only way people can tell these qualities and register the presence of threats.
----Light. Light is not a substance to be counted or put in a jar. Instead, it is spread over an area, like heat. Without it, humans cannot see (see previous definition) and the more there is, the better you can see. That is, the farther you can see and in more hidden places.
----And, since I used the term before, color. With a wink to whoever's reading "The Giver," I should probably define this one too. Color is a physical characteristic of objects and is independent of size and shape. It cannot be detected except through sight and can be used to inform- this color means stop, and this color means go (a rather odd system, if you ponder it. Why trust your life to something you can't touch?) In addition, some humans can't see all or certain colors. Yeah, there are different colors. Like tastes, colors can be mistaken for one another and often remind the viewer of each other. Sometimes a color carries a memory or emotion, e.g. this shade reminds me of those flowers in the garden where I first met my best friend.
----Now stop laughing at my childish attempts, pick up the chewed-up pencil next to the monitor and try for yourself. Good luck.