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King then recalled a conversation that he had enjoyed with George Shearing, another blind musician who was known mainly as a pianist. King had been told by Shearing that his blindness was not something that he regarded as a handicap, as in something that debilitated him. Wonder had also met Shearing once, and the two had shared a powerful and inspiring conversation. Wonder regarded Shearing as an incredible person with whom he obviously had a lot in common.
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Wonder had agreed with Shearing’s view on blindness. While blindness is objectively a difficult situation to get through, making the affected person’s physical life more difficult to navigate, it had not taken away from his talent and abilities. Wonder did comment that blindness was a far heavier burden to bear for someone that had been originally able to see and then lost their sight. Wonder himself had not been born blind, as mentioned earlier in this article.
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