The chapter will focus on the discrepancy between the fallen and the impassible perception by using examples taken from various literary strands: theatre plays, Christian short stories, hagiographies, and personal testimonies. At the heart of these reflections lies the interplay between two modes of seeing: the sensuous, which is bound by the fallen condition, and the spiritual, which perceives through the light of Christ. The chapter will begin by referring to the ambiguity of lapsarian perception as it appears in Pirandello’s play Cosi e se vi pare. Then, it will explain how an impassible perception allows us to see the connection of all human beings with Christ using the Eastern Orthodox tradition of the Holy Fools, saints who feigned mental health challenges in order to be abused by unsuspecting passersby. Finally, it will point out how the gulf between the sensuous and the spiritual perception applies in the case of persons with atypical bodies by discussing one of the classics of theological disability literature, Henry Nouwen’s Adam.