Focus and melting away

You know when you enter a dark rail (or road) tunnel after running above ground for a while, and it takes your eyes a moment to adjust to the lower light? Then when you pop up above the surface on the other side of the tunnel, the onslaught of light forces your eyes to adjust again? This is how focus feels to me sometimes. I’ll get so into a topic or project, that being pulled out is light being blinded by my surroundings. I suppose that’s why they call it tunnel vision. I also feel as though my surroundings melt away when I’m in that tunnel, which only makes it more confronting when it all solidifies back into existence again. By Ruben Schade in Sydney, 2026-11-13.

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