Thanks for playing!
Regarding the gorgon, keep in mind that in theory your eyes are supposed to be closed when that text appears on the screen. If you don't open your eyes early then you're never supposed to see it. As long as you keep holding the spacebar down you should be good.
I do encourage you to give it a go some time when you can actually use the blink detection, for the true intended experience (since, like, half the levels are only challenging if you have to blink involuntarily occasionally). There's still a bit of story content you haven't seen yet, too! (though not as much as I would like, kinda ran out of time and had to cut narrative corners).