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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>this is very exciting to me! I am a visual artist
who lost my sight 6 years ago - and have learned how to create again by learning
how to adapt to non-visual techniques and adaptive technologies. After
nearly 6 years of working very hard, I have come back to "full steam ahead" with
my work.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Thank you for sharing this
information.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Lynda McKinney Lambert, Author and Fine
Artist</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4><A
href="http://www.lyndalambert.com">http://www.lyndalambert.com</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4><A
href="http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com">http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Recent feature stories on my career: see
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=chris.richard.heckel@gmail.com
href="mailto:chris.richard.heckel@gmail.com">Chris Heckel</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=info@cfb.ca
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 02, 2013 2:27
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Artists-making-art] Chris
Heckel</DIV>
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<P class=""
style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1.35em; COLOR: rgb(68,68,68); LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif">Hi</P>
<P class=""
style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1.35em; COLOR: rgb(68,68,68); LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif">My
name is Chris Heckel. I’m a student of Dr. Paul Gabias, a leader in the
National Federation of the Blind who lives in Canada, and works as a professor
of psychology at the University of British Columbia in Kelowna BC. I
have taken two of his courses, the Psychology of Touch I and the Psychology of
Touch II. </P>
<P class=""
style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1.35em; COLOR: rgb(68,68,68); LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif">In
the Psychology of Touch II course, I Learned about the research to date on how
blind and sighted people take lines and patterns of lines to represent
objects, layouts of objects and events. </P>
<P class=""
style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1.35em; COLOR: rgb(68,68,68); LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif">During
one class, I had the opportunity to meet Dr. John Kennedy, the pioneer in the
field of haptic pictures of and for the blind. My respect for Dr.
Kennedy and Dr. Gabias, among other things, led me to pursue this line of
investigation. I am fascinated by the similarities and possible
differences with respect to how blind and sighted people deal with
representational systems for depicting objects, scenes and events. I’m
interested in drawings, because that’s what I’ve studied so far.</P>
<P class=""
style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1.35em; COLOR: rgb(68,68,68); LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif">Dr.
Gabias and I will be meeting with Dr. Al Maneki and his team at E.A.S.Y.
LLC. <SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 22px">They have the beginnings of an
entire line of products that allow for the creation, editing, digital
transmission and reproduction of raised line drawings. In a draft
article that Dr. Maneki has sent to Dr. Gabias, entitled:</SPAN></P>
<P class=""
style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1.35em; COLOR: rgb(68,68,68); LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 26px">The Dawn of the Age of Tactile
Fluency:</SPAN></B></P>
<P class=""
style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1.35em; COLOR: rgb(68,68,68); LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 26px">Let the Revolution
Begin!</SPAN></B></P>
<P class=""
style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1.35em; COLOR: rgb(68,68,68); LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif"><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 22px">Dr. Maneki wrote: “Up to
now, parents of every blind child have inevitably run up against this vexing
problem: “My blind child will be taking Geometry next year. Now, what do we do
with all of those drawings?””</SPAN></P>
<P class=""
style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1.35em; COLOR: rgb(68,68,68); LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif"><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 22px">Indeed, what do we do
with “all of those drawings”? And further, what meanings can lines and
patterns of lines take on, in “all of those drawings”?</SPAN></P>
<P class=""
style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1.35em; COLOR: rgb(68,68,68); LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif"><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 22px">That’s the question that
I would like to explore in my studies with Dr. Gabias</SPAN></P>
<P class=""
style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1.35em; COLOR: rgb(68,68,68); LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif"><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 22px">So, Dr. Gabias suggested
that I become familiar with the National Federation of the Blind, its people,
its philosophy of blindness and its structure. That’s what I’m coming to
the convention to do. I anticipate that this convention will only be my
first, in a long line of future conventions.</SPAN></P>
<P class=""
style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1.35em; COLOR: rgb(68,68,68); LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif"><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 22px">I’m writing this
article, simply to introduce myself to you, and to ask for your
help.</SPAN></P>
<P class=""
style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1.35em; COLOR: rgb(68,68,68); LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif"><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 22px">Because my explorations
are very preliminary, I’m wanting to have conversations with people about all
kinds of things, but particularly depiction. In the course of our
conversations, I hope to be able to show you a few drawings and ask you for
your impressions about them.</SPAN></P>
<P class=""
style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1.35em; COLOR: rgb(68,68,68); LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif"><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 22px">I wanted you to
know a little something about me, before the convention, should I get the
opportunity to meet you. Please look me up if you are interested in
meeting me. I’m staying at the Rosen Centre Hotel. I’ll be
arriving on the 30<SUP style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px">th</SUP> of June, at
around 10 PM. You just have to look me up, by asking to be connected to
my room by the hotel switch board.</SPAN></P>
<P class=""
style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1.35em; COLOR: rgb(68,68,68); LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif"><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 22px">I’m looking forward to
meeting you all,</SPAN></P>
<P class=""
style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1.35em; COLOR: rgb(68,68,68); LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif"><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 22px">Best Regards</SPAN></P>
<P class=""
style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1.35em; COLOR: rgb(68,68,68); LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 22px">Chris Heckel</SPAN></P></DIV>
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