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Originally Posted by elcreative
I'm afraid that may well be the case... there are many things that can't be enjoyed if you have some form of sensory deprivation... should we ban all music because the severely hearing impaired can't hear it and ignore those who can hear it, migraine sufferers can't deal with rapidly strobing lights so should dance events be banned from using them??? It is impossible to produce everything to match everybody's abilities or impairments... do you close art galleries because they're unfair to the blind... of course not... Do you ban people from producing paintings for the same reason... of course not... So... yes, this hypothetical work would not be enjoyable by blind people as every part of it would be essential to the entire artistic experience as it would NOT be a book of just words!!!
And as for reality, well how much of the full experience, of the Book of Kells, would a sight impaired person get... the words are fine but the experience of the Kells is not the words, it is the hand crafted illuminations... the words just give the content not the interpretation of the illustrators which is the major artistic appreciation of the book... just like the libretto of the Ring Cycle gives an impression of the work but it is the music and stage performance that make the entire work, anything less is just that, less... Wanting everyone to have access and appreciate everything doesn't make it possible...
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Do you know any people who are seeing impaired? I can say that while my cousin doesn't get the opportunity to see a painting she can feel the paint strokes. She can see a carving or a statue - so the seeing impaired have greater access to the arts than you think. Also the book of Kells would be accessible for a blind person as long as the illustrations were raised and/or embossed.
There are also deaf people who dance - professionally.