My search with the phrase 'eral perspective' turned up computer-related problems. Conceptually, a computer is most closely related to the brain when compared with human physiology.
'Eral Blindness' turned up physical ailments in the eyes of the elderly, notably cataracts and other conditions that 'block light' preventing full vision. Conceptually, if we block light, we lack color reflection. Consider that this condition is not a longing for no change, but really a longing for 'color in life.' It isn't that there isn't a colorful world out there, but, in its relatively dim light, it doesn't appear as colorful as the world once was.
A search with 'aging' and 'change in perspective' returned a fascinating article/editorial from 1989 by Irving Kenneth Zola entitled "Aging and Disability: Toward a Unified Agenda". It deals more with 'society's perspective' on aging and disability, but it's intriguing to me because it brings to light some factors that have really never before been relevant, but are relevant today, the most significant of which is 'one's own perceived purpose for living past previous life expectancies.' The conclusion of the conclusion is a 1964 quote from Erik Erikson: "Any span of the life cycle lived without vigorous meaning at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end endangers the sense of life and the meaning of death in all whose life stages are intertwined."
What I have so far: the phenomenon of the mind which I will call 'eral perspective,' may be the manifestation of a feeling of a loss of purpose combined with a loss of enlightenment one seeks, resulting in a seeming 'inability to see current reality.'
I need to paint a closet - mom's closet. She needs purpose and light.
No wonder her walls are always white, or close to white. No more complaints about white paint from me because now I see that white actually 'brightens her world,' which makes it more colorful.
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