The Power of Constraints

As a child in Argentina, Borges became extraordinarily well read in both Spanish and English. By the time he hit 30, his myopia and cataracts had become so bad that he was having terrible accidents. After a couple of good wax to the head from bad falls, he suffered a detached retina in his remaining good eye. And that was it. His entire career was based on reading and writing literature,. He lost the ability to do either in the same way again.