lidless eye
Never-closing watcher's orb
A lidless eye is an eye that cannot close or blink—perpetually open and watchful.
The image suggests unceasing vigilance or surveillance that never rests: The lidless eye of the security state.
The phrase gained currency from Tolkien's depiction of Sauron as a great lidless eye wreathed in flame, representing malevolent omniscience.
A lidless eye sees everything and forgets nothing.
- dark towerSinister fortified structure
- omniscienceUnlimited knowledge state
- HorusEgyptian sky deity
- vigilanceState of keen awareness
- Big BrotherTotalitarian surveillance authority
Sauron · iris · pupil · sleepless · never sleeps · scrutiny · eternity · awareness · presence · sclera · vision · unblinking · illumination · Cyclops · cornea · retina · optic nerve · photoreceptor
lidless eyeblind spot
Area of blocked perception
averted gaze · inattention · obliviousness · willful blindness · neglect
lidless eyeaverted gaze
Deliberately not looking
blind eye · turned away · inattention · oblivious · unseeing
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