[stylist] Introduction of a New Writer
slery
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Mon Jun 14 03:57:54 UTC 2010
You may want to listen to a podcast on www.blindcooltech.com about the
K-sonar.
This will give you a better feel for your story.
Cindy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jewel S.
> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 7:11 PM
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Introduction of a New Writer
>
>
> Echolocation is a complex phenomenon. What you feel through
> your cane is kinda like echolocation, but it has more to do
> with extended touch through the hand and arm. Echolocation is
> often done with the click of the tongue, a clicker (like
> those used in clicker training of dogs), or even just
> footsteps. Ancient monks used a vibrating chant to find their
> way in underground tunnels where there was no light. Bats use
> echolocation, and dolphins and whales use a similar
> phenomenon called sonar.
>
> Echolocation is also often called "facial vision" because
> many who have the ability to use echolocation in navigation
> as a "feeling" on their face that lets them know what and
> where certain things are based on how far the echo goes out,
> how spread out it goes, etc.
>
> Imagine this: A boy in California who used echolocation
> exclusively (he refused to use a white cane) could tell you
> whether the object in front of him was a car, truck, or van,
> based on how far the echoing went, how high it went, and
> such. He could distinguish between trees and people, bushes
> and trash bins, and many other objects. He knew instantly
> when he came to a curb (he was an avid roller blader and
> cyclist), and could tell you how many steps were in front of
> him and how deep they were. In an experiment, he was asked to
> tell how big an object was in front of him. Without touching
> the object, he clicked his way up and down, side to side,
> around and around the object, and was able to give exact
> dimensions and even gave a guess as to what it was. And he
> was right! (it was a half-gallon milk carton). He could
> distinguish shapes (such as a round versus an octangonal
> sign), and see odd shapes, such as a soccer net).
>
> With echolocation, a person can navigate the world without
> the use of cane, guide dog, or a sighted guide. Echolocation
> allows for a different way of seeing and describing objects.
> A blind person using echolocation would not describe a
> building as being "a dull red brick building" but rather "a
> tall, brick building with wooden doors and plastic windows"
> (the echolocator wouldn't see the colour of the building, but
> rather the approximate shape and the materials the object is
> made of). Art in a world of echolocator might be created out
> of mavious materials in shapes, creating, for example, the
> "feel" of a car or a person and a dog (which would "feel"
> differently).
>
> But, having not actually learned echolocation, I don't know
> how brick "feels" in echoes...or how a dog "feels" different
> from, say, a fur coat on a child...see what I mean?
>
> ~Jewel
>
> On 6/7/10, loristay <loristay at aol.com> wrote:
> > Is echolocation related to being aware of where you are via echoes
> > from the cane tip? How about from just feeling the presence of
> > something with your forehead? (That's what my husband does!) Lori
> > On Jun 7, 2010, at 12:55:02 PM, "Jewel S."
> <herekittykat2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: "Jewel S." <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Introduction of a New Writer
> > Date: June 7, 2010 12:55:02 PM EDT
> > To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> > Hey Helene,
> >
> > Thank you for the belated welcome. I totally understand. I am soooo
> > very busy lately. I don't recall a group called "Fight It" but that
> > doesn't mean I wasn't on there...I have a very bad
> long-term memory;
> > can't remember last month, let alone years ago. What is the group
> > about?
> >
> > Your book sounds very interesting; I love dragons! When I have the
> > time, I'll certainly look it up. The story about the blind world is
> > proving so very difficult to write, because I have never
> experienced
> > echolocation personally, nor will most of my writers, so I
> have to do
> > a lot of research on the subject before I can really describe it to
> > the reader. But it is a concept I really love, and I doubt it will
> > fade into nothingness. I am hoping to talk to Dr. Kiesh in
> the future
> > sometime to learn about echolocation from him, as he is one of the
> > most well-known teachers of the not-well-known sense of
> location via
> > clicks.
> >
> > ~Jewel
> >
> > On 6/5/10, helene ryles <dreamavdb at googlemail.com> wrote:
> >> hi jewel,
> >>
> >> welcome to the list. sorry it's taken me such a while to
> welcome you
> >> ut i am not very active at present. i find your stories really
> >> interesting. particularly the last one about the blind world where
> >> sighted people arae differant. i also write fantasy. part
> of my book
> >> trials of an honorary dragon can be found in the archieves
> if you are
> >> interested enough to dig it out. although i am planning to
> work on it
> >> later on. it is set in a country called nazdonia which is run by
> >> dragons whicho think that humans should be airborne like
> them. there
> >> are many disabled characters in my book
> >>
> >> anyway i also vaguely remember your name from another list
> you used
> >> to subscribe to a few years back called fight it. are you the same
> >> jewel or have i got you mixed up with someone else. helene
> >>
> >> On 22/04/2010, James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. N6YR
> <n6yr at sunflower.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>> welcome to our list Jewel.
> >>> jc
> >>>
> >>> At 04:42 PM 4/22/2010, you wrote:
> >>>>Thank you for the welcome. ~Jewel
> >>>>
> >>>>On 4/22/10, Judith Bron <jbron at optonline.net> wrote:
> >>>> > Jewel, Your writing sounds wonderful. I think when most of us
> >>>> > write, our own conflicts enter into whatever format we are
> >>>> > writing in. Welcome to the
> >>>> > list, Judith
> >>>> > ----- Original Message -----
> >>>> > From: "Jewel S." <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
> >>>> > To: <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >>>> > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 3:55 PM
> >>>> > Subject: [stylist] Introduction of a New Writer
> >>>> >
> >>>> >
> >>>> >> Hi all,
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> Some of you likely know me from some of the other
> listservs...I
> >>>> >> seem to be everywhere these days, eh? *grin* So, I'll
> only give
> >>>> >> a short introduction, and one about what brings me to this
> >>>> >> listserv.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> My name is Jewel. I am 25 years old, and live in
> Raleigh, NC. I
> >>>> >> am a member of the Raleigh chapter of the NFB, as well as the
> >>>> >> North Carolina Association of Blind Students. I am a research
> >>>> >> geek, loving to write about things I research about. So, that
> >>>> >> brings me to why I'm here.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> I write many different things. Lately, I've been
> doing a lot on
> >>>> >> my blog, Treasure Chest for the Blind (found at
> >>>> >> <http://blindtreasurechest.blogspot.com>), a blog about
> >>>> >> resources for blind people, such as alternate
> screenreaders like
> >>>> >> NVDA, sources of e-books, such as NLS' BARD, RFBD, and there
> >>>> >> will be one soon about the Internet Archives,
> software (games,
> >>>> >> business tools, home tools, and much more), and
> anything else I
> >>>> >> think people will find of use. It's really more of a way to
> >>>> >> allow me to share with other all the amazing things I
> have found
> >>>> >> on the Internet and out in the world, and also a way
> for me to
> >>>> >> write often.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> Beyond the blog writing, I also write for my local chapter's
> >>>> >> newsletter. My article each month will be a Member Profile. I
> >>>> >> have written so far, that was supposed to be in last month's,
> >>>> >> but was left out, and will be in this month's
> newsletter. I've
> >>>> >> just started doing this, and am very much enjoying the phone
> >>>> >> interview process of learning about the members of my home
> >>>> >> chapter.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> I have also written a lot of poetry. Some of it is crap, but
> >>>> >> some of it is not half bad. Much of it can be found at
> >>>> >> poetry.com under "Amber Gaspard," my maiden name.
> Some of it is
> >>>> >> quite depressing, poetry written in my childhood,
> being raised
> >>>> >> by an emotionally, verbally, and
> >>>> >> occassionally physically abusive mother. I have
> written poetry about
> >>>> >> wanting to destroy a mirror and cut myself with it,
> about how the
> >>>> >> tracks on my arms are reminders of my past, and
> descriptives of the
> >>>> >> verbal abuse. This was a sort of therapy for myself.
> Some of my
> >>>> >> poetry
> >>>> >> is more upbeat, however, like descriptives of nature much like
> >>>> >> haikus,
> >>>> >> and medieval-style poetry about books, reading, and
> other stuff.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> Finally, I have written a few short stories that went
> nowhere,
> >>>> >> but have two books that have been slowly developing
> over time.
> >>>> >> The first is a fantasy about a half-troll child searching for
> >>>> >> her past after learning that her mother never knew
> how she came
> >>>> >> to be, and her search for herself. She really is
> searching for
> >>>> >> herself, trying to find where
> >>>> >> she fits in between two different worlds (troll and
> human), neither
> >>>> >> of
> >>>> >> which will accept her. The story is sorta a fantasy
> adopted-child
> >>>> >> story, and a few friends who were adopted said they
> can really relate
> >>>> >> to the story.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> The other that has developed over time is a fantasy mystery.
> >>>> >> Erica is a young girl who has, for as far back as she can
> >>>> >> remember, had the same dream every night, of an old man at a
> >>>> >> well. As the story progresses, you learn more about what this
> >>>> >> dream is (or do you?), and the story is about Erica trying to
> >>>> >> understand who she is, what this dream means to her life, and
> >>>> >> how it has shaped her entire being.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> The first book has been thus far called Unknown Past, and the
> >>>> >> second has thus far been called simply "The Well" The
> first is
> >>>> >> pure fantasy; however, the second is loosely based
> (at least at
> >>>> >> the beginning) on my own life as an abused child and
> the dream
> >>>> >> that I often had as a child and my own search for the
> meaning of
> >>>> >> the dream.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> I have also written a children's book about a rabbit
> who lives
> >>>> >> near a farm and decides one day to live on the farm,
> since the
> >>>> >> grass is always greener, and quickly learns that he is much
> >>>> >> better off being what he is, a rabbit, after trying
> to be a cat,
> >>>> >> dog, horse, chicken, and other farm animals. It is a story of
> >>>> >> acceptance of self, at the same time teaching about farm
> >>>> >> animals.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> One last story that is not developed much at all, but
> is only an
> >>>> >> idea is about a world where everyone is blind, where everyone
> >>>> >> has always been blind, where there is no such ting as humans
> >>>> >> seeing with eyes like people do in the real world. Instead of
> >>>> >> vision, people have echo, a form of echolocation that
> sometimes
> >>>> >> is seen in children who are born
> >>>> >> totally blind. But then a sighted child is born, then
> another, and
> >>>> >> schools for the echo-impaired (those who see with
> their eyes, but
> >>>> >> can't use echolocation) open, and the world slowly
> tries to help
> >>>> >> these
> >>>> >> poor impaired people who have eyes like animals. It
> is kinda a role
> >>>> >> reversal that has a subtle message of teaching
> sighted people what it
> >>>> >> is like to be a minority as blind people are.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> So, that's my stories and such, and I hope to share
> my writing,
> >>>> >> learn from others, and enjoy this list.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> Later,
> >>>> >> ~Jewel
> >>>> >>
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