[stylist] writing about blindness

[Aziza]

I don't write about being blind either. I mean unless it's my articles. But 
when I write storries, all my characters can see, and have other problems 
they must overcome in their lives.
I don't think it's denial at all.
Aziza
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Judith Bron" <jbron at optonline.net>
To: "Stylist" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 8:51 AM
Subject: [stylist] writing about blindness


> I'm not in denial nor do I ignore the fact that I do have a handicap that 
> I have to overcome on a daily basis.  However, when I am writing I seem to 
> go into a different world.  I write about people who are ill, some of my 
> characters die and others fall into the clutches of bad people.  If I say 
> that blindness bores me, you might come out with an arms length of causes 
> for my symptoms.  However, a person does not necessarily want to write 
> about those things they live with and rise above on a daily basis.  I am 
> fat.  Writing about being fat falls under the same category as blind. 
> Live with it.  Fight against it as much as possible, but it shouldn't 
> dominate every facet of your life.  Again, you may think I'm in some kind 
> of denial, but I'm not.  I won't drive a car into a crowd, try sewing a 
> garment while it is on the back of my would be victim and I won't pretend 
> to read the paper when I can't even make out one picture in the blasted 
> thing.  Judith
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