In short:

Henni Pascoe (partially blind, with tunnel vision, Dec. 2003):
The way these drawings are reduced to concentrate on the essence of their subject reminds me very much of traditional Zen art – each brush stroke has something to say. With her work Elke Zollitsch has filled a huge gap in the lives of blind children.

Ulrike und Robert Kölblin (parents of a blind child, 27.02.2004):
This book has allayed many of the fears we had for our blind son’s future. It has shown us how well sighted and non-sighted children can learn together, and from each other.

Ortrun Böhme (Headmistress of Hoyerswerda Grammar School, Dec. 2003):
It is so encouraging to be presented with problems not as problems but as chances.

Heiner Hoffmann (Professor of Fine Art, TH Aachen, Dec. 2003):
This book is an appeal for fantasy and tolerance; it reveals that blind children can actually teach us `eye-people’ something about how to see.

Dr. Wolfgang Drave (teacher for the blind, author and editor of textbooks, Jan. 2004):
What an amazing book! As a teacher of the blind I take my hat off to the author, who presents to us in book form, her analysis of blind children’s perception, imagination and their tactile transformation.

Oswald Miedl (Professor of Art Education, Passau University, Dec. 2003):
This book makes one aware of how we, the sighted, limit our experience through the senses almost exclusively to the single dimension of optical information. The book conveys the miracle and richness of experiencing life with all our senses. This special book by Elke Zollitsch is for everyone interested in education, Art and experiencing life to the full.

Dr. Emmy Csocsán (Professor of Blind Education, Dortmund University, May 2003):
This book shows in a wonderful way the joy resulting from the mutual learning experience of sighted and blind children, when ‘eye-children’ and ‘finger children’ are placed together in an inspiring teaching environment, in which individual differences and their requirements are appreciated as a natural matter of course. This multifaceted picture book is both exciting and fascinating to read.

Tonie Meilhamer (freelance artist, author, Art teacher, Jan. 2004):
The realism of the drawings is impressive – the most amazing thing is that they are so similar to the drawings by sighted children of the same primary school age. The single difference is that the blind see reality from the inside out, from an internal perspective. The truth and authenticity of these drawings is quite a revelation, as is the degree of hard work we sighted artists must invest if we are to attain the same degree of honesty. This book should be compulsory reading for everyone who is involved in Art and/or education.

Verena Nitschke (teacher of initiating work with Nature and Vision Quest, April 2004):
Writing Haikus of such density and ones that mirror each of the children’s drawing so accurately is not to be taken for granted. It requires the ability to feel, to see yet to leave alone and resist the temptation to influence the divinely-inspired creative expression of these children’s souls.

Dr. Dagmar Scherf (journalist and writer):
The book is extremely unusual and unique. Elke Zollitsch’s dedication to the late Julia, in particular, is especially moving, leaving a lasting impression.

Klaus Spitzer (teacher, author, co-editor of TASTEN UND GESTALTEN, Nov 2003):
The book reveals the range of creative and artistic possibilities also available to the blind. Everything in this book fits into place, like a jigsaw puzzle, putting the reader ‘in the perfectly balanced picture’.