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margin-bottom:0; }\r\n}\r\n\r\n<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"rd-wrap\">\r\n<header class=\"rd-hero-card\" style=\"--rd-hero-img:url('https:\/\/retinadesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/retina-stefan-1920.jpg');\"><nav class=\"rd-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb navigation\"><a href=\"\/en\/\">Home<\/a> \u203a <a href=\"https:\/\/retinadesign.com\/en\/blog\/\">Blog<\/a> \u203a The Retina<\/nav><div class=\"rd-hero-copy\"><h1>The Retina: As Unique as Your Fingerprint \u2013 Only More Beautiful<span class=\"rd-hero-sub\">Discover your unique signature<\/span><\/h1><p>Two people, one gaze \u2013 and a hidden pattern that exists only once. Welcome to the most fascinating structure of the human eye.<\/p><span class=\"rd-hero-more\">Discover more<\/span><a class=\"rd-arrow-down\" href=\"#intro\" aria-label=\"Continue reading\">\u2193<\/a><\/div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rd-hero-brandcode\" src=\"https:\/\/retinadesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/brand-code-ThereIsOnlyOne-WHITE-brown-scaled.png\" alt=\"RETINA\u00ae brand code: There Is Only One\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/header>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"rd-band b-light\" id=\"intro\" aria-labelledby=\"these-heading\"><div class=\"rd-these\"><p id=\"these-heading\">The eye is said to be the <span class=\"rd-em\">window to the soul<\/span>. Behind this window lies the retina \u2013 and with it a pattern as unique as you are.<\/p><div class=\"rd-these-code\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/retinadesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/brandcode-retinadesign-there-is-only-one-dark.png\" alt=\"RETINA\u00ae brand code: There Is Only One\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><\/div><\/section>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"rd-band b-beige\" aria-labelledby=\"iris-retina-heading\"><div class=\"rd-section rd-center\"><h2 id=\"iris-retina-heading\">The mysterious retina<\/h2><p>In the fascinating world of the eye there are two decisive components: the iris, which surrounds the pupil, and the retina at the back of the eye.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"rd-two-col\"><div class=\"rd-text-panel\"><h2>Iris: the curtain of the eye<\/h2><p>The iris is the colored layer of pigment around the pupil, visible at the front of the eye. It determines our eye color and works like the aperture of a camera: it regulates how much light enters the eye, narrowing in bright light and widening in the dark. It can contain pigments of different colors and is well known today because of iris photography, which is currently very popular. <a class=\"rd-inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/retinadesign.com\/en\/iris\/\">Here<\/a> you will find a page we have dedicated to the iris.<span class=\"rd-ref\"><a href=\"#source-2\" aria-label=\"Source 2: Wikipedia, Iris\">[2]<\/a><\/span><\/p><figure class=\"rd-inline-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/retinadesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/iris-blau.jpg\" alt=\"The eye as a motif \u2013 iris and pupil in detail\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"rd-text-panel\"><h2>Retina: the sensory net<\/h2><p>The retina houses the rods and cones some of us remember from biology class: specialized nerve cells that pass light impulses on to our brain via the optic nerve. It lies hidden at the back of the eye and is only visible with a special camera \u2013 which is why it remains relatively unknown.<span class=\"rd-ref\"><a href=\"#source-1\" aria-label=\"Source 1: Wikipedia, Retina\">[1]<\/a><\/span><\/p><figure class=\"rd-inline-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/retinadesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/almuthRetinaSW.png\" alt=\"Fundus image of a retina showing the tree-like pattern of blood vessels\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure><\/div><\/div><figure class=\"rd-video-block\"><div class=\"rd-video-inner\"><video class=\"rd-video\" src=\"https:\/\/retinadesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Retina-versus-Iris-11s.mp4\" autoplay muted loop playsinline preload=\"metadata\" aria-label=\"Video: the iris sits at the front of the eye, the retina at the back\"><\/video><figcaption>Iris in front, retina at the back \u2013 the difference in eleven seconds.<\/figcaption><\/div><\/figure><\/section>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"rd-band b-light\" aria-labelledby=\"features-heading\"><div class=\"rd-section rd-center\"><h2 id=\"features-heading\">A beautiful pattern that belongs to you alone<\/h2><p>In structure and function, the retina is extraordinarily complex. Three of its most important features explain why it fascinates us so much.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"rd-pillar-grid\"><article class=\"rd-pillar-card\"><span class=\"rd-num\">01 Macula<\/span><h3>The seat of sharp vision<\/h3><p>The macula is the central area of the retina. It is responsible for sharp vision and allows us to perceive detail \u2013 to read text or recognize faces.<span class=\"rd-ref\"><a href=\"#source-3\" aria-label=\"Source 3: Wikipedia, Macula\">[3]<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/article><article class=\"rd-pillar-card\"><span class=\"rd-num\">02 Optic nerve<\/span><h3>The wildest region<\/h3><p>Here the nerve fibers converge to form the optic nerve, which carries the signals to the brain. At the same time, this is where the arteries enter and the veins exit. Around the optic nerve the vascular pattern is at its most expressive \u2013 and usually at its most interesting for our designs.<span class=\"rd-ref\"><a href=\"#source-4\" aria-label=\"Source 4: Wikipedia, Optic nerve\">[4]<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/article><article class=\"rd-pillar-card\"><span class=\"rd-num\">03 Blind spot<\/span><h3>What the brain fills in<\/h3><p>Where the optic nerve exits there are no light-sensitive cells \u2013 this creates a blind spot. The brain fills in this area unnoticed, so we perceive no gap in our field of vision.<span class=\"rd-ref\"><a href=\"#source-5\" aria-label=\"Source 5: Wikipedia, Blind spot\">[5]<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/article><\/div><\/section>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"rd-band b-beige\" aria-labelledby=\"idea-heading\"><div class=\"rd-split rd-narrow\"><div class=\"rd-split-media rd-portrait\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/retinadesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/StefanWacha-092lifestyleBackground-2.jpg\" alt=\"Stefan Wacha, founder of RETINA\u00ae\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"rd-split-copy\"><h2 id=\"idea-heading\">Why we use your retina for jewelry<\/h2><p>\u00abHow do you come up with an idea like that?\u00bb I hear this question almost every day \u2013 and it is more than justified. To answer it, I have to go back a little: I came from Austria to Switzerland in 2000 to do a doctorate in neurobiology. I spent hours at the microscope analyzing nerve cells, fascinated by the complexity of our nervous system.<\/p><p>After a period in the pharmaceutical industry, I trained as a goldsmith and, together with my wife, built up the atelier \u00abkleine Rheinperle\u00bb on the Rheinsprung in Basel. Soon I had discovered two new passions: creative jewelry design and entrepreneurship.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/section>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"rd-band b-light\" aria-labelledby=\"signature-heading\"><div class=\"rd-section\"><h2 id=\"signature-heading\">In search of a personal, aesthetic signature<\/h2><p>When we began to focus more on <a class=\"rd-inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/retinadesign.com\/en\/rings\/wedding-rings\/\">wedding rings<\/a>, we quickly realized that mass-produced pieces and standard designs were not for us. As unique as our handcrafted rings were \u2013 to me they were not personal <span class=\"rd-em\">enough<\/span>. I wanted to create something worn by one single person, something with a direct and unmistakable meaning.<\/p><p>Above all, we were looking for our own wedding rings and were disappointed by the creativity of the jewelry industry \u2013 everything looked very much alike. For the most emotionally important piece of jewelry in our lives, one we hoped to wear on our fingers for six decades, an impersonal mass product made no sense \u2013 we wanted something personal.<\/p><p>An engraved name was not enough. <a class=\"rd-inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/retinadesign.com\/en\/fingerprint-ring-or-retinasignature\/\">Fingerprints<\/a> always had something forensic about them for me \u2013 deeply unromantic. Life lines from the palm, sound waves of the voice: intriguing ideas, but they did not meet my aesthetic standards. What I had in mind was a signature that was personal and beautiful at the same time.<\/p><p>Then my biological side spoke up \u2013 and suddenly it was clear what we needed: the retina. It is ultra-personal, as unique as a fingerprint and yet far more beautiful. At first glance it resembles the roots or branches of a tree, with crossings that look like embraces, sometimes even like hearts.<\/p><\/div><\/section>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"rd-band b-dark\" aria-label=\"Key statement\"><aside class=\"rd-leitsatz\"><div><span class=\"rd-ls-tag\">What makes the pattern special<\/span><p>The lines on retinal images are blood vessels that form during pregnancy. They no longer change for the rest of our lives \u2013 they are an inseparable part of us. Even identical twins who look alike on the outside have completely different retinal vessels.<\/p><p>For us, this pattern is therefore a <span class=\"rd-em\">personal, hidden signature<\/span> \u2013 not a biometric feature and not a medical finding, but a sign of uniqueness, beauty and meaning.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"rd-ls-code\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/retinadesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/brand-code-ThereIsOnlyOne-WHITE-brown-scaled.png\" alt=\"RETINA\u00ae brand code: There Is Only One\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><\/aside><\/section>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"rd-band b-beige\" aria-labelledby=\"veins-heading\"><div class=\"rd-section rd-center\"><h2 id=\"veins-heading\">Not just little veins<\/h2><p>To some, vessels on a wedding ring seemed strange at first. But these are not the red veins that appear in the eye after a long night out \u2013 those sit at the front on the conjunctiva and have nothing to do with the retina. You literally have to look a little deeper: the <a class=\"rd-inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/retinadesign.com\/en\/uniqueness\/\">uniqueness<\/a> and <a class=\"rd-inline-link\" href=\"\/en\/aesthetics\/\">beauty<\/a> of this hidden pattern carry a symbolic <a class=\"rd-inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/retinadesign.com\/en\/meaning\/\">meaning<\/a> that goes far beyond \u00abveins somewhere in the body\u00bb.<\/p><\/div><\/section>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"rd-band b-light\" aria-labelledby=\"journey-heading\"><div class=\"rd-split rev\"><div class=\"rd-split-media rd-land\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/retinadesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/RETINA-Atelier-19201280.webp\" alt=\"The RETINA\u00ae atelier in Basel's old town\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"rd-split-copy\"><h2 id=\"journey-heading\">From the first image to the world premiere<\/h2><p>For the first real retinal images, I contacted a <a class=\"rd-inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.optometriezentrum.ch\/\">specialist in Basel<\/a> in 2016 \u2013 he replied to my email immediately with the words \u00aba breathtakingly beautiful idea!\u00bb \u2013 and we photographed my wife's retina and mine that very same day.<\/p><p>In 2019 I presented the concept at 15 trade fairs around the world: Zurich, Bern, Lucerne, Paris, London, Edinburgh, even Abu Dhabi. No one had ever seen jewelry this symbolic before \u2013 the power of the idea fascinated almost everyone.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/section>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"rd-band b-beige\" aria-labelledby=\"eye-contact-heading\"><div class=\"rd-split rev\"><div class=\"rd-split-media rd-land\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/retinadesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/augenkontakt.jpg\" alt=\"Two people holding each other's gaze \u2013 the magic of eye contact\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"rd-split-copy\"><h2 id=\"eye-contact-heading\">The magic of eye contact<\/h2><p>Our eyes are not only a marvel of nature, but probably the organ that connects us most directly with the world around us. With a single glance we share fear, joy, love, wonder \u2013 without words, without a shared language. Eye contact is far more powerful than many people think.<\/p><p>A social experiment demonstrated this impressively: around 45\u200a000 people in more than 90 cities worldwide held eye contact with a stranger for one minute each. Many reported a special sense of connection afterwards \u2013 after just one minute.<span class=\"rd-ref\"><a href=\"#source-8\" aria-label=\"Source 8: The World's Biggest Eye Contact Experiment\">[8]<\/a><\/span><\/p><p>The \u00abeye contact exercise\u00bb also became known through a performance by the artist Marina Abramovi\u0107: in \u00abThe Artist Is Present\u00bb she sat opposite strangers at the Museum of Modern Art in New York for months in 2010 and looked them in the eye.<span class=\"rd-ref\"><a href=\"#source-7\" aria-label=\"Source 7: MoMA, The Artist Is Present\">[7]<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rd-quote-wrap\"><figure class=\"rd-quote-card\"><blockquote>\u00abWe are like islands in the sea \u2013 separate on the surface, but connected in the deep.\u00bb<\/blockquote><figcaption>Attributed to William James<span class=\"rd-ref\"><a href=\"#source-9\" aria-label=\"Source 9: William James, attribution\">[9]<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/section>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"rd-band b-light\" aria-labelledby=\"perspective-heading\"><aside class=\"rd-perspective\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rd-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/retinadesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Retinalogo-museal.jpg\" alt=\"RETINA\u00ae\" loading=\"lazy\"><h2 id=\"perspective-heading\">The RETINA\u00ae Perspective<\/h2><p>The retina lies at the interface between our visible outer world (the eye as a window) and our inner world (sight as the soul). It is precisely this threshold that we make wearable. The retina is not a technical selling point, but the medium of a personal signature \u2013 never a biometric identifier.<\/p><p>Conscious eye contact lets us rediscover a sense of connection that many believed lost. A piece of jewelry that carries this pattern reminds us of it \u2013 every day.<\/p><a class=\"rd-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/retinadesign.com\/en\/concept\/\">Explore the RETINA\u00ae Concept<\/a><\/aside><\/section>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"rd-band b-beige\" aria-labelledby=\"related-heading\"><div class=\"rd-related\"><h2 id=\"related-heading\">Read on and go deeper<\/h2><p>From the hidden pattern to your personal piece of jewelry:<\/p><div class=\"rd-related-grid\"><a class=\"rd-related-card\" href=\"https:\/\/retinadesign.com\/en\/how-it-works-create-personalized-jewelry-from-your-eye\/\"><div class=\"rd-related-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/retinadesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/R6__9758-Beratung-q.jpg\" alt=\"Consultation in the RETINA\u00ae atelier\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"rd-related-body\"><h3>How it works<\/h3><p>From the consultation and the RetinaScan to the handcrafted one-of-a-kind piece \u2013 in six steps.<\/p><span class=\"rd-related-more\">See the process \u2192<\/span><\/div><\/a><a class=\"rd-related-card\" href=\"https:\/\/retinadesign.com\/en\/concept\/\"><div class=\"rd-related-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/retinadesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fallback-konzept-ring.jpg\" alt=\"From universal symbol to personal RetinaSignatur\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"rd-related-body\"><h3>The concept<\/h3><p>How the retinal pattern becomes a personal, hidden signature with meaning.<\/p><span class=\"rd-related-more\">Discover the concept \u2192<\/span><\/div><\/a><a class=\"rd-related-card\" href=\"https:\/\/retinadesign.com\/en\/uniqueness\/\"><div class=\"rd-related-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/retinadesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/einzigartigkeit-iris.jpg\" alt=\"The eye as a symbol of uniqueness\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"rd-related-body\"><h3>Uniqueness<\/h3><p>Why the template for a RETINA\u00ae piece exists only once.<\/p><span class=\"rd-related-more\">Learn more \u2192<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/section>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"rd-band b-light\"><div class=\"rd-image-cta rd-space-lg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rd-cta-bg\" src=\"https:\/\/retinadesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Goldschmiedetisch.webp\" alt=\"Goldsmith's bench in the RETINA\u00ae workshop\" loading=\"lazy\"><div class=\"rd-cta-copy\"><div><h2>Your pattern. Only once in the world.<\/h2><p>See your own retinal image for the first time \u2013 and let us think together about how it could become a piece of jewelry that belongs to you alone. The conversation begins with time, listening and your story.<\/p><a class=\"rd-btn light\" href=\"https:\/\/retinadesign.com\/en\/contact\/\">Book a consultation<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"rd-band b-beige\" aria-labelledby=\"faq-heading\"><div class=\"rd-faq-wrap\"><h2 id=\"faq-heading\">Frequently asked questions about the retina and the RETINA\u00ae Concept<\/h2><div class=\"rd-faq\"><details><summary>What is the retina?<\/summary><p>The retina is the light-sensitive layer of nerve cells at the back of the eye. Its rods and cones convert light into nerve signals that travel to the brain via the optic nerve. The beautiful lines you see on retinal images are blood vessels. The retina is only visible with a special camera, which is why it is relatively unknown.<\/p><\/details><details><summary>What is the difference between the iris and the retina?<\/summary><p>The iris is the colored diaphragm at the front of the eye; it determines eye color and, like a camera aperture, regulates how much light enters. The retina sits at the back of the eye and converts that light into nerve signals. The two are often confused \u2013 for our jewelry we use the pattern of the retina, not the iris.<\/p><\/details><details><summary>Why does RETINA\u00ae use the retina for jewelry?<\/summary><p>Because the retinal pattern is ultra-personal and as unique as a fingerprint \u2013 but far more beautiful. At first glance it resembles the roots or branches of a tree, with crossings that can look like embraces or hearts. It sits exactly at the interface between our visible outer world and our inner world: the window to the soul.<\/p><\/details><details><summary>Is a RETINA\u00ae piece of jewelry a biometric or medical product?<\/summary><p>No. We understand the retina as a personal, hidden and aesthetic signature, not as a biometric identifier or medical feature. An expressive section of the pattern is artistically abstracted. It serves neither identification, diagnosis nor security, but symbolism and beauty.<\/p><\/details><details><summary>Does the retinal pattern change over a lifetime?<\/summary><p>The basic structure of the blood vessels forms during pregnancy and remains essentially stable for life. That is exactly what makes the pattern such an enduring personal mark. For medical details, please consult recognized sources such as Wikipedia or ophthalmological institutions.<\/p><\/details><details><summary>Do identical twins have the same retinal pattern?<\/summary><p>No. Even identical twins who look alike on the outside have different retinal vessels. The pattern is therefore unique even where the genetic material is identical.<\/p><\/details><details><summary>What is the macula?<\/summary><p>The macula is the central area of the retina and is responsible for sharp vision. It allows us to perceive detail \u2013 reading text, for example, or recognizing faces.<\/p><\/details><details><summary>What is the optic nerve and why is this region so interesting for the pattern?<\/summary><p>At the optic nerve, the nerve fibers of the retina converge and carry the signals to the brain. In this region the arteries enter and the veins exit at the same time. That is why the area around the optic nerve is the \u00abwildest\u00bb and usually the most interesting zone for the pattern we use in jewelry.<\/p><\/details><details><summary>What is the blind spot?<\/summary><p>Where the optic nerve exits there are no light-sensitive cells \u2013 this creates a \u00abblind spot\u00bb. The brain fills in this area unnoticed, so we perceive no gap in our field of vision.<\/p><\/details><details><summary>Are the lines on the retinal image the same red veins you see after a long night out?<\/summary><p>No. The red veins you see in the eye after a long night sit at the front on the conjunctiva and have nothing to do with the retina. The vessels of the retina lie deep at the back of the eye and form the fine, tree-like pattern we use in our designs.<\/p><\/details><details><summary>Is the RetinaScan dangerous or unpleasant?<\/summary><p>No. A special camera photographs the retinal pattern without contact and completely safely, similar to an image taken at the ophthalmologist. It is not a procedure, just a photograph.<\/p><\/details><details><summary>How long does the RetinaScan take?<\/summary><p>About one minute. The scan can be done in Basel or with a partner from our worldwide network.<\/p><\/details><details><summary>Where did the idea of using the retina for jewelry come from?<\/summary><p>Founder Stefan Wacha came from Austria to Switzerland in 2000 for a doctorate in neurobiology and was fascinated by the complexity of the nervous system. While building up the goldsmith atelier with his wife, he searched for a signature for wedding rings that was both personal and aesthetic. Fingerprints felt forensic, sound waves unsuitable \u2013 until his biological side delivered the answer: the retina.<\/p><\/details><details><summary>What does eye contact have to do with the RETINA\u00ae Concept?<\/summary><p>In most cultures the eye is regarded as the window to the soul. Eye contact creates closeness and connection within moments \u2013 social experiments with many thousands of people worldwide have shown this. A piece of jewelry that carries exactly this pattern sits symbolically on the threshold between outside and inside.<\/p><\/details><details><summary>Who was Marina Abramovi\u0107 and what does she have to do with this topic?<\/summary><p>Marina Abramovi\u0107 is a performance artist. In \u00abThe Artist Is Present\u00bb she sat opposite strangers at the Museum of Modern Art in New York for months in 2010 and held their gaze. The work made strikingly visible how powerful and moving wordless eye contact can be.<\/p><\/details><details><summary>Can I have the RetinaScan done abroad?<\/summary><p>Yes. The scan can be done with a partner from our worldwide network, the consultation takes place by video, and the finished piece is shipped worldwide.<\/p><\/details><details><summary>What comes after this article?<\/summary><p>If you would like to know how your personal piece of jewelry emerges from the retinal pattern, the RETINA\u00ae process and the concept guide you step by step \u2013 from the consultation and the RetinaScan to the handcrafted one-of-a-kind piece.<\/p><\/details><\/div><\/div><\/section>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"rd-band b-light\" aria-labelledby=\"sources-heading\"><div class=\"rd-sources\"><h2 id=\"sources-heading\">Sources and further reading<\/h2><ol><li id=\"source-1\">Wikipedia: \u00abRetina\u00bb. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Retina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Retina<\/a><\/li><li id=\"source-2\">Wikipedia: \u00abIris (anatomy)\u00bb. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iris_(anatomy)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iris_(anatomy)<\/a><\/li><li id=\"source-3\">Wikipedia: \u00abMacula of retina\u00bb. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Macula_of_retina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Macula_of_retina<\/a><\/li><li id=\"source-4\">Wikipedia: \u00abOptic nerve\u00bb. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Optic_nerve\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Optic_nerve<\/a><\/li><li id=\"source-5\">Wikipedia: \u00abBlind spot (vision)\u00bb. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blind_spot_(vision)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blind_spot_(vision)<\/a><\/li><li id=\"source-6\">National Eye Institute (NEI, NIH): \u00abHow the Eyes Work\u00bb. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nei.nih.gov\/learn-about-eye-health\/healthy-vision\/how-eyes-work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">nei.nih.gov \u2013 How the Eyes Work<\/a><\/li><li id=\"source-7\">Museum of Modern Art (MoMA): Marina Abramovi\u0107, \u00abThe Artist Is Present\u00bb (2010). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moma.org\/calendar\/exhibitions\/964\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">moma.org\/calendar\/exhibitions\/964<\/a><\/li><li id=\"source-8\">The World\u2019s Biggest Eye Contact Experiment (The Liberators International). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theliberators.org\/eye-contact-experiment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">theliberators.org\/eye-contact-experiment<\/a><\/li><li id=\"source-9\">The quote \u00abWe are like islands in the sea\u00bb is frequently attributed to William James.<\/li><\/ol><p class=\"rd-note\">This article deliberately simplifies medical relationships and does not replace advice from an ophthalmologist. For details, please refer to the sources listed above.<\/p><\/div><\/section>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home \u203a Blog \u203a The Retina The Retina: As Unique as Your Fingerprint \u2013 Only More BeautifulDiscover your unique signature Two people, one gaze \u2013 and a hidden pattern that exists only once. Welcome to the most fascinating structure of the human eye. 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