[Nfb-krafters-korner] Visualization & Color - creative or crazy

[Deidre Muccio]

Linda and others
There has been a lot written about this type of phenomenon in those who have
lost their sight. With RP, I too have been through a lot of this. At this
point, the longer I have been without even a scrap of vision, the more bland
my dreams and other mental states reflect anything resembling what I used to
see. On the other hand, the senses overlap, so with everything I hear or
touch, it's as if I am seeing it; it gets mapped out, perhaps even more
practically than with vision. Only thing is that the silent views of a
dancer or actress on stage, or mountain peaks in the distance, will forever
be lost on me, whereas I may be the only one who perceives the crackle in
distant grass or a dog bark miles away.
		Things all around us make an impression. You can't imagine
how often I have had to tell people "I am conscious" in response to their
screaming out "stop, "there is a curb coming up" as they see me briskly
trucking up the street. 
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From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of River Woman
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 10:18 AM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Visualization & Color - WAS: OT dreams

we are all a little crazy, I think.
Yes, my brain puts on little shows for me, too.
I might be sitting at a table with other people, and I will ahve to close my
eyes for awhile because I am not seeing the people at all, but I am watching
animations of scenes and people - that has nothing to do with where I am or
who I am with. I see like this a lot - my brain shows me little video type
of glimpses of moments of animated characters all the time. Who could ever
understand that if I spoke it around someone who does not have sight loss? 
Yes, they would think for sure, I am brain damaged, too. well, sort of.  lol
My brain sees just fine, it is the connection from my eyes to the brain that
has passed away - the optic nerve.

I cannot imagine how you played the piano like that - you have to have a
photographic mind.  I have trouble remembering the line I am on in my
knitting pattern.

OK, back to my sock now. Have a fun day!
Lynda

Lynda Lambert
River Road Studio, Since 1976
Village of Wurtemburg, PA 16117

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Annette Carr" <amcarr1 at verizon.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Visualization & Color - WAS: OT dreams


> Hi Linda,
>
> I totally get what you are talking about with being able to resolve 
> problems
> in your dreams.  I too have figured out problems with patterns and math
> problems in my sleep.  When I was writing computer code, I could find the
> errors in my code while I slept.    Despite being visually impaired all of
> my life I am a visual learner.  When I could see enough to read piano 
> music
> with a magnifier, I would memorize note by note for the right hand, and 
> then
> note by note for the left hand.  Once I had that line memorized and could
> play the 2 hands together, I'd move on to the next line.  If at any point 
> in
> the future I got stuck in the middle of a piece, I could recall that 
> measure
> or line in my head and re-learn that part.
>
> Now that I no longer have color perception and a very limited spotted 
> field
> of vision, my brain thinks it sees things.  I often have to keep my eyes
> closed to make my brain concentrate on what my other senses are taking in.
>
> I have definite ideas, thoughts and feelings about color and how and when 
> to
> use color.  After being in a room I get a feeling of what color it should
> be.  This drives my family crazy.  Sometimes this drives me crazy too. 
> For
> example, I have a coat that is black and I have to constantly remind 
> myself
> of that.  When I touch it my brain imagines that it is burgundy with a lot
> of red in it.  Kind of like a stage curtain.
>
> As much as I love color, I get frustrated with incorporating multiple 
> colors
> into my crafts.  I try to put colors together based on other people's
> descriptions.  I hate when I have a finished project and someone asks me 
> why
> did I put those colors together, or says, that is an interesting mix of
> colors.  I've limited myself to solid colored projects that incorporate
> texture.  I'm giving a serious look at the various yarns that have very 
> long
> lengths of color that make stripes without the hassle of having to weave 
> in
> the ends.  Another reason why I run away from changing colors in a 
> project.
>
> Annette
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On
> Behalf Of River Woman
> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 8:40 AM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] OT dreams
>
> OMG, Joyce, you are a BIG DREAMER - who are you kidding?  I mean, let's 
> just
> expand the idea of what a dream is - you are a wide awake, walking, 
> living
> dreamer.
>
> I dream constantly - all I have to do is close my eyes, and in moments I 
> am
> off to places and situations. My dreams are always full of DRAMA...never 
> the
> kind of dreams that you want to close your eyes and go back to sleep and 
> try
> to resurrect.
>
> But, have any of you every been wrestling with a craft or art problem you
> could not solve? And, then, in a dream, you see yourself doing it and you
> wake up knowing exactly how to do something you never did before? I sure
> have.  I have figured out knitting problems in m sleep, and I even learned
> math concepts that I had a hard time with, in my dream. (I learned how to 
> do
> "slope" in algebra that way, when my conscious mind could not "get it."
> I dream for ideas - sometimes I wake up and write down things I am seeing 
> in
> my dreams - poems come that way to me at times.
>
> I think we have such a creative mind, all of us, that dreams are a
> continuation of our creative self.
>
> Lynda
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> From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
> To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 7:05 AM
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] OT dreams
>
>
>> When I first lost my sight 15 years ago I did not dream.  It took a  bit
>> more then 2 years before I started to dream once again.
>>
>> I felt, looking back,  that it must have been due to   concentrating so
>> much on minute to minute, day to day.  I couldn't think  about the future
>> as I
>> didn't have any idea what future I would have or how it  would be.
>>
>> Well dreams came and started with familiar thoughts and surroundings to
>> begin with.
>>
>> Then it seemed to be stuck when I worked in the hospital and doctor's
>> office before I went in for my surgery and woke up blind.
>>
>> Dreams and ideas are back from time to time.
>>
>> Henrietta, I will tell you this between the steroid medication, inhalers
>> and occasional Advil, that leaves me wide open for some weird and funny
>> dreams.
>>