The Desiderata Stone

by Nick Aaron

Daisy Hayes was a sculptress, and blind since birth. In 1964 a French priest came to visit her at the collective studio in north London where she worked. He was fascinated by the impaired artist and told her about a program at the Vatican Museums, where people like her got an opportunity to study archaeological artifacts by touch.In AD 64 a blind masseuse working at the baths in Rome overheard some important men preparing to set fire to the city and seize power. When they found out that she...