A poet and an artist each examined a painting by Poussin representing the healing of the two blind men of Jericho. The artist asked, “What seems to you the most remarkable thing in this painting?” The poet replied, “Everything in the painting is excellently given – the form of Christ, the grouping of the individuals, the expression in the faces of the leading character, everything.”
The artist seemed to find the most significant touch elsewhere. Pointing to the steps of a house in the corner of the picture, he said, “Do you see that discarded cane lying there?”
“Yes, but what does that signify?”
“Why, my friend, on those steps the blind man sat with the cane in his hand. But when he heard Christ had come, he was so sure that he would be healed that he let his cane lie there, since he would need it no more, and hastened to the Lord as if he could already see.”
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[Holwick: you should be aware that Luke 18:40 says the man was brought to Jesus with the help of others. It fits nicely with Mark 10:50, however.]