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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Thanks, Sahar. I am going to look up this man and
see what he does. There are many blind people who make excellent art. I
know of John Bramblitt, who has lost all of his vision, yet paints the most
wonderful paintings - very large works - dramatic colors. I have watched
videos of him working and listened to his discussions. So very
interesting. His work is featured in major museums all over the
world.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Just last week, I sent in membership fees to join
the Pittsburgh Fiber Arts Guild. The membership list was sent to me, and I
recognize the name of another blind fiber worker on it, too. It seems to
me that blind artists are out there doing it - and it's very exciting to
me. When you think of the obstacles they have to deal with in getting
their work out and participating actively in exhibitions, it's really
something! Doing this kind of work takes an enormous amount of labor
and strategies even for sighted people - then add to that the complexity
of entering the exhibition jury process, delivering and picking up the works
once they are juried into the show, etc. It's hard work. If I did not have
my husband helping me, I cannot even imagine how I would continue to do all of
this myself. He drives me long distances to deliver and pick up my work;
he takes me to the opening receptions; he ships my work; and he helps hang
all my shows. God sure blessed me with a good man!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Lynda</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=sahar@inebraska.com href="mailto:sahar@inebraska.com">Sahar's Beaded
Creations</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=artists-making-art@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:artists-making-art@nfbnet.org">'An exploration of art by and for
blind persons'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 08, 2014 10:41
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Artists-making-art] drawing
the internal dialogue</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Hello,
Lynda,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">I
remember drawing as a small child, and I really think I would have been able
to develop the skill had that skill been cultivated. I think that the
teachers figured blind people couldn’t draw, so I don’t remember them
involving us in that after Kindergarten. However, that’s not why I
wrote. I wrote because I wondered if you’d ever heard of the totally
blind Turkish painter, Asraf. Apparently, who can paint in vivid
detail. I find that truly fascinating. He might be someone you
might want to look up. Take care.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Warm
regards,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Sahar
Husseini<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">For
hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind jewelry, please visit my Website at </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><A
href="http://www.saharscreations.com"><SPAN
style="COLOR: #0563c1">www.saharscreations.com</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">
Find me on Facebook at </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><A
href="http://www.facebook.com/saharscreations"><SPAN
style="COLOR: #0563c1">www.facebook.com/saharscreations</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">
And remember, "Obstacles don't have to stop you.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">If
you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Figure
out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Michael
Jordan <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">
Artists-making-art [mailto:artists-making-art-bounces@nfbnet.org] <B>On Behalf
Of </B>Lynda Lambert<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 8, 2014 7:56
AM<BR><B>To:</B> An exploration of art by and for blind
persons<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Artists-making-art] drawing the internal
dialogue<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Patricia, you
bring up the most fascinating things. This is another one of those things that
is so enjoyable to think about. Drawing! We do not need sight to draw, I
am absolutely sure of that. In fact, in many of my drawing courses, I had
students draw blindfolded. They had to feel the objects, then return to the
easel to do their drawings. They could walk over to feel it as often as they
liked during the process, but they were not permitted to have a physical
"look" at it with the eyes. The drawings they made were astounding - so full
of livingness and so magical. You are making me remember those things that I
had not thought of for a very long time - and this is great for me because I
am going to be a speaker at a conference on disabilities and inclusion in
March, and this is exactly what I needed to be thinking about as I prep for
that lecture. </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">If anyone else
has some examples of experiences for me, that I could share with the audience,
please let me know. I want to really make my audience understand that
blind people have the same passions for art and art making as anyone else. We
just have to learn adaptive ways of working, but we can do it, and we love to
do it and it brings us great joy. </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">yes, I used
Drawing From the Right Side of the Brain as a textbook for Drawing courses at
the college! I also used "The Natural Way to Draw" by Nicolaides. I have
worked my way through both of these books for years on end. Drawing is the
core of everything we do as artists and without a good foundation in drawing,
it's difficult to move on - it is the structure on which we build everything
else no matter the medium we work with. Drawing puts us in touch with the
internal dialogue and we become more aware and connected with the object we
are drawing. </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">The interesting
thing about drawing, to me, has always been that all children seem to know how
to draw by instinct. How does that "fit" in your experience, Patricia? I
have never encountered a child who did not know how to draw and make pictures
- I have always thought we are born with these abilities. I think a
child born blind would have this same inclination, if provided with the tools
and opportunities early on, but that is a guess on my part. I would love to
know more about this by someone who has had the experience as a very small
child without sight. Drawing is more, far more, than the thing that is
left on the page after the person has made it. It is a whole body experience -
physical and spiritual experience, in my experiences. So, it seems to me
that no sight is needed to make drawings. I like to say, about my own
work, that the "thing that is on display on the gallery wall is the residue
left behind as I was making art." It is not the art itself, it is the
tracks that show I was there. The art was what transpired within me as I
worked on it and the piece in the gallery is the evidence that I was
there.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">I have to say
that without my extensive drawing background, I would not be who I am today as
a blind person. I have a small amount of peripheral vision that is enough that
I can detect movement. Those movements are "gestures" and it is through the
gestures around me that I navigate the world and that I identify people and
things. It is the essence of everything - gesture. When I am making my art
these days, it is because I am accustomed to using gesture and can continue to
do that without sight. Touch is gesture, and that is how I understand
what I touch. I feel it's internal and external
gesture.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">OH, that is so
funny about your 5 year old's comment about using his "girl brain." This
is what I found so fascinating when I was reading this book, that the entire
structure of the brain is very different in males and females. Each individual
part of the brain is different between the sexes - so it is a physical as well
as psychological difference. She explored many different nuances that really
helped me as a blind person as well, as I was reading. It gave me new insight
into different aspects we encounter due to sight loss. I would highly
recommend it to anyone who has interest in learning more about how the brain
functions, and it is explored in a way that a non-science person like me
coulnd understand and enjoy.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">This is all
certainly another aspect of the discussion on difference between
art and crafts thought process and ways of "seeing."
Lynda</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <A
title=pece03@gmail.com href="mailto:pece03@gmail.com">Patricia C. Estes</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">To:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <A
title=artists-making-art@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:artists-making-art@nfbnet.org">An exploration of art by and for
blind persons</A> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Sent:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Friday, February
07, 2014 8:54 PM<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Subject:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Re:
[Artists-making-art] arts or crafts new member<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">Linda, the brain
is so fascinating-or is it the mind?? My first real understanding of it
(before I studied holistic psychology and energy medicine) was when our
youngest was caught doing something or other that five year olds do, and he
burst into tears and managed to blurt out emphatically, "My girl brain made
me do it!"</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">Yes, Luke, I know
what you mean! But he didn't go to school, yet, and we didn't have a TV...I
think he just *knew*.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">Dr. Christian
Northrop teaches about the female brain, too. Her example is that she and
her, then, husband were flying somewhere and she noticed that she was
reading "Enriching the Mother/Daughter Relationship" and he was reading "How
to get the most out of your Band Saw."</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">To bring art into
this, I am sure you are familiar with the book,"Drawing on the Right side of
the Brain." Pretty fascinating, if one has time to complicate one's life by
experimenting with drawing things upside down.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">Energetically, if
you want to engage both hemispheres, Brain Gym says to "think of an X." And
to relax the mind, think of two parallel lines.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">OK, I'm taking my
parallel lines and heading to bed,</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">Patty</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <A
title=llambert@zoominternet.net
href="mailto:llambert@zoominternet.net">Lynda Lambert</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">To:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <A
title=artists-making-art@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:artists-making-art@nfbnet.org">An exploration of art by and
for blind persons</A> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Sent:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Friday,
February 07, 2014 1:48 PM<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Subject:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Re:
[Artists-making-art] arts or crafts new member<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Patricia, I
just finished reading the book "The Female Brain" by Luann Brizendine, and
OH, HOw I wish I had this wonderful information a long time ago. Raising
my brood of children would have been so much easier if I had known these
things about the differences between male and female brains. And, my
goodness, I would have been a much better teacher, too. I would have a
better understanding of my fellow human beings - but at least I do
understand a lot more about it now since reading this book. It was so
enlightening to me and I was telling my husband all about it as we would
ride along in the truck. One day he said to me, "I guess it is like this
conversation we are having right now in this truck." This was his
insight as I was rapidly sharing so much information as he sat quietly
listening...lol I said, "Yes, now I understand this conversation
here in this truck so much better." We
laughed.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Of course we
are both crafters and artists - one feeds into the other. We all begin
somewhere - and for me, it begins with my mother taking an afternoon to
teach me how to do some embroidery stitches and to creat a picture on a
linen tea towel - I was probably 8 years old. Then, it continues on with
my precious neighbor taking an hour each morning, one summer, to teach me
how to read a pattern and how to sew a blouse, skirt, and then an entire
outfit - I was about 10. We learn from those around us, and how lucky we
were to have them in our life. What I do today, is an homage to those
women in my life so long ago. I celebrate them with every
stitch I make in my art these days. And, I say "thank you" to them
for giving me the beginnings of who I am today, and who I am becoming with
each new day and each new idea I work with.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Lynda</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><A
href="http://www.amazon.com/Louann-Brizendine/e/B001H6RZB8/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1391798400&sr=1-1">http://www.amazon.com/Louann-Brizendine/e/B001H6RZB8/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1391798400&sr=1-1</A></SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <A
title=pece03@gmail.com href="mailto:pece03@gmail.com">Patricia C.
Estes</A> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">To:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <A
title=artists-making-art@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:artists-making-art@nfbnet.org">An exploration of art by and
for blind persons</A> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Sent:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Friday,
February 07, 2014 1:26 PM<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Subject:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Re:
[Artists-making-art] arts or crafts new
member<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">Hooray for
"outrageous and for all of you for taking the time to articulate these
distinctions.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">I absolutely
agree and have been an artist and crafter simultaneously. I am back to
my art and love the discovery of it-but I will admit, my left brain does
like rules and instructions-but my Girl Brain is winning! (no put down
to Boy Brains, just a family joke).</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">Right on!
Right on, Linda!</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">pece
out</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <A
title=llambert@zoominternet.net
href="mailto:llambert@zoominternet.net">Lynda Lambert</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">To:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <A
title=artists-making-art@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:artists-making-art@nfbnet.org">An exploration of art by
and for blind persons</A> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Sent:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Friday,
February 07, 2014 11:44 AM<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Subject:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Re:
[Artists-making-art] arts or crafts new
member<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Well,
this is an outrageous conversation, I know. lol I better
get back to the studio before I cause a riot, but this should be a
good place for a discussion like this.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">That is
great, Ann! So true. There is really not a fine line between the two,
it is very clear and distinct. And artist or a crafter can take the
exact same materials, but the mind that works with them is quite
different and the results are quite different. It's really about
"ideas" and "concepts" and what we are thinking about as we work, and
where we go with the materials in our process of working. In
Pittsburgh, PA there is a very fine museum/gallery called the Society
of Contemporary Crafts - now, what is done there, and shown there is
high art. So there is crafts and there is CRAFT, too. There is
the "crafter" and there is the "Craftsman." very distinct
differences between them - and as a sculptor you would be very aware
of this, too.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">I was so
fortunate to teach in a small private college (Geneva College, in
western PA) where I was free to teach across disciplines, as I
have my MFA in painting/printmaking, and my MA in English
Literature. Because of this background, I was very marketable
for a good position. I was able to create multi-discipline
courses - alway a combination of literature and art, as well as studio
courses in painting, fiber arts, printmaking, drawing. It was a dream
of a job, working in interdisciplinary studies and doing so many
projects with profs in other disciplines. I was very active in
conferences on interdisciplinary studies. I created an
European experience for art and literature students and we lived in
Austria every summer and then traveled to other countries. I even had
an art exhibition in Austria for my students every summer. They
worked so hard in the studio and out on location every day, and at the
end of the month they had a show - so much fun. I also did this
with Puerto Rico, and students came to PR with me each spring as part
of their course in Puerto Rico Culture - which I have continued to
visit every March even though I am now retired. It bacame how we spent
our spring time. </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">OK, back
to my studio where I am working my tail off to get a piece done
today! </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Lynda</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <A
title=Ann@acunningham.com
href="mailto:Ann@acunningham.com">Ann@acunningham.com</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">To:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <A
title=artists-making-art@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:artists-making-art@nfbnet.org">An exploration of art by
and for blind persons</A> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Sent:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Friday,
February 07, 2014 9:08 AM<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Subject:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Re:
[Artists-making-art] arts or crafts new
member<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Lynda,
Nice answer to craft and art. If someone who is reading this is
still torn I wouldn't be surprised though since there are all sorts
of shades in the continuum. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">I
was talking to my daughter and a friend one day. I went off on a
tangent tangling all sorts of events together rather randomly. They
started laughing and saying something akin to how do you make it
from day to day. And I said you guys are pilots and for you to be a
good pilot you know and follow rules. That is what they pay you for.
I am an artist and I am paid to break the rules. No one wants to
hear from me if it has already been
done.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">What
did you teach before you retired? Ann<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">Ann
Cunningham</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'">Tactile
Art - a creative way to see the world!</SPAN></EM><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'"><A
href="mailto:ann@acunningham.com">ann@acunningham.com</A></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'"><A
href="http://www.acunningham.com">http://www.acunningham.com</A></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'"><A
href="http://www.sensationalbooks.com">http://www.sensationalbooks.com</A>
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Original Message --------<BR>Subject: Re: [Artists-making-art]
arts or crafts new member<BR>From: "Lynda Lambert" <<A
href="mailto:llambert@zoominternet.net">llambert@zoominternet.net</A>><BR>Date:
Fri, February 07, 2014 6:03 am<BR>To: "An exploration of art by
and for blind persons"<BR><<A
href="mailto:artists-making-art@nfbnet.org">artists-making-art@nfbnet.org</A>><BR><BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Hi
Laurie, </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">So
nice to see you here. I did not start this group though, I
am like you, I just came on to ask a question about something I
needed to know and was so glad to meet Ann who helped me with my
question. I am furiously working right now (oops, split that
infinitive!) getting work done for the opening of a two-person
exhibition at a museum - the show is called _Vision and
Revision: Two artists with limited sight, not limited
vision_ It is my pottery and mixed-media fiber works, and a
legally blind painter. It opens one month from today, and if I
stop to think about what else has to be done yet, I'll get
nervous. So, I won't do that, but just will keep on working on the
details. The show will appear at two locations this year and will
have a video that plays in the gallery with the art works, Braille
labeling, and artist's talks. I will even be teaching in the
gallery one afternoon, for the Women in the Arts course at Geneva
College. That is where I taught when I was a professor of fine
arts and humanities, before I retired. I'll be lecturing on the
historical context of my work and where the ideas have come from
when creating it. </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">To
make matters even more difficult, I am scheduled to speak at a
conference at Slippery Rock University of PA for two sessions, the
day before we hang our show. So, I have those presentations to be
working on every day now, too. I officially retired from
teaching 5 1/2 years ago, but I am still very much involved in
everything but being in the classroom.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Here
is my response to the question you have asked. The gap between an
artist and a crafter is like crossing the ocean, it is that wide.
Some basic things may be similar between the two, but most things
are very far apart philisophically.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Both
work with the hands, and both love working with the hands and most
have done it all their life. </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Both
love the materials, and the handling of them, and the satisfaction
of the finished product that comes out of it. </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">While
the crafter will usually be satisfied with beginning something and
knowing where the end will be, the artist begins with no notion of
where the end will be or even if it will be. the crafter has
a clearly defined path to the finished product. The artist has
only some inklings of possible outcomes, but has to find them as
she works.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">The
other very big thing I see as a difference between them is that
the crafter has 'rules" to follow and seldom will ever deviate
from those rules, as they are set in stone in her mind. On
the other hand, the mature artist has learned that there are no
rules at all. They may begin in the early stages by learning
techniques, but eventually with the years of working, the light
comes on in her brain when she discovers one day
- she is free of all rules when making art. Everything
can be challenged, everything can be changed, and everything is
fair game, for the artist. Is there any other profession in this
world where there are no rules? It's the most exhilerating feeling
to know that there are absolutely no rules whatsoever for me. Wow,
makes me take a deep breath just to say it. Free, free, free, at
last! </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Laurie,
the biggest difference between art and a craft is where the person
eventually takes the techniques, I think. </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">A
crafter seldom takes things to a different level but is usually
content to learn something then duplicate it endlessly, then moves
on to learn something else and does that again with it. The artist
can take crafts materials (which is what you and I both do) and
techniques, and then take them far beyond because they will
combine their techniques and materials with the imagination.
If you can teach it, it is usually a craft. If you cannot teach
it, it is normally art. Art can begin by learning some
techniques, or using craft materials, but then the person begins
to ask the "what if" questions, and takes lots of risks, failures,
and bends in the road on the way to it becoming a work of art. It
is a "mind set" that is never satisfied with just the learning of
something new, but one that constantly questions, experiments, and
never knows where the "end" will be, or even if it will be.
A "crafter" will never understand what I have just said and will
most likely be huffing and puffing and angry with it. An
"artist" is standing and applauding what I have said. It is that
simple, and that complex. The artist thrives on change and
making new discoveries and each work leads to other querstions and
more change and more new discoveries. </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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can see the difference when you look at work in types of
environments. One will be setting at a craft show with a
table full of things that are basically all the same while the
other will have work on display in a gallery or museum.
Each has decided where they "fit" and each is very happy
with where they are. They are different animals, with different
ideas, and different end results and outcomes. Each one has
decided their own path and each one is comfortable with the
decision she has made.</SPAN><SPAN
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[Artists-making-art] arts or crafts new
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style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">I’d
like to introduce myself. I’m a blind person from wisconsin who
is a fledgling and budding beginner artist. my medium is
beadwork. I make pictures and tapestries out of tiny little seed
beads sewn together with thread. but most of my work is in
making jewlry, but I have always looked upon my beadwork as an
art form. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">so, I
have a basic question. What is the difference between an art and
a craft? I do believe that all crafts are forms of art but
are all arts considered crafts? Thanks linda and all of you for
getting this list going as it is something I’ve always dreamed
of seeing in our efforts to bring blind people together who love
to both create and appreciate the visual
arts.
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