<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">This is great, thanks for sharing this Peggy!<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Dan Burke - Sent from iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 26, 2025, at 1:47\u202fPM, Peggy Chong via Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<meta name="Microsoft Theme 2.00" content="Concrete 011"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style>@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math"; }
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</v:background></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">From time to time I share an article from Colorado newspapers that I think our list might be interested in. Here is one that is surely different. I love the inspiration for the idea expressed in the news article below.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">Peggy Chong<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">The Trumpet = La Tromba, Volume V, Number 38, September 21, 1940 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">Diffident Artist Now Teaches Blind To Draw and Write<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">Method Makes It Possible For Afflicted to Enjoy New Pleasures.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">LOS ANGELES.\u2014Little did George T. Wally dream 12 years ago that his embarrassment would some day lead him into a field that eventually would become his life work, and as a result, his embarrassing moments would bring hours of happiness to many less fortunate than he. A new method of teaching the blind to enjoy some of the pleasures of normal persons and to awaken talents otherwise dormant is being developed by Wally. The idea was conceived by the artist and former Golden Glove boxing champion in 1928 during the time he was sketching characters on New York streets. Finding it embarrassing to sketch a subject amid curious onlookers, Wally began searching for some inconspicuous means of making his drawing unobserved. Sketched in Pocket. He solved the problem by wearing a deep pocketed coat and with the aid of a pencil and paper drew the sketch within the depths of the pocket, never seeing the drawing. As he put it, \u201cI merely transferred the mental picture onto the pad in my pocket, using my fingers and a pencil as a medium. \u201cAt the time I wondered about the possibilities of introducing such a system to aid the blind,\u201d he said. Though the idea of subconsciously transferring a mental image to paper occurred to him 12 years ago, it was not until six months ago that he began to develop it. And, after a brief experiment in using it as an aid to the blind, Wally believes the blind can be taught to write, draw and paint without the medium of Braille. Progress has been made during the past six. months by Wally\u2019s 12<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">pupils. Unaided, aside from fundamental instructions, they have learned to write their names, write poetry, letters and notes, play tic-tac-toe and paint simple designs with water colors. \u201cThe blind,\u201d Wally said, \u201care sensitive and can learn only when they are completely relaxed.\u201d Easily Learn to Write. They first are taught to draw a straight line and once this is accomplished they gain confidence and it is comparatively simple to teach them to write. Each student is supplied with a paper six inches square, containing a series of four upraised dots placed one inch apart. Spaced between the inch markers is another raised dot to designate one-half inch. The student then places his finger tips on one of the four raised dots along each border which serve as guide lines. Next, with a light pencil at the tip of one finger, the pupil moves it across the paper to the right. Each repetition of the performance will produce four parallel lines and to the blind student this is a great accomplishment. Then after mastering the technique of drawing a straight line the students begin writing their name. This is a feat which many blind never have been able to do. It is Wally\u2019s contention that the blind may be trained in the arts, producing plays, musical comedies and operas, to further develop their talents. Wally ventured into the experimental teaching of the blind upon his own initiative and since has progressed in his own work. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Colorado-Talk mailing list</span><br><span>Colorado-Talk@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/colorado-talk_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Colorado-Talk:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/colorado-talk_nfbnet.org/burke.dall%40gmail.com</span><br><span>List archives can be found at <http://www.nfbnet.org/pipermail/colorado-talk_nfbnet.org></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>