[stylist] Art is God's Voice

Mon Feb 13 22:44:53 UTC 2012

I can totally relate to the images that you SEE. I do this, too.  I can be 
sitting at a table with other people, and the people completely disappear 
and instead, I am watching a film or other images that are intense and 
moving and animated. I have to just close my eyes for awhile because this 
makes me very dizzy.  I see images like this all the time, and I have come 
to know it is my "normal" and just to go along and not think of it, that it 
will pass shortly. It is like my brain sending short animations to me this 
way - very very animated and colorful. I think there is a term for this - 
cannot think of it at the moment.

It is like I live on two levels - two realities - most of the time. My 
husband has told me we do not even live on the same planet!

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Art is God's Voice

> Jackie and Lynda,
> I too relate to the visual learning thing. When I first received audio 
> books
> (freshman year of college), I had a heck of a time staying awake. To this
> day, I have vivid visual images and still construct visual images of 
> things
> I'm trying to learn. Often when I'm reading Braille, the dots jump into my
> visual center as bright colored lights. Sometimes, the images are so 
> bright,
> that my eyes squeeze shut -- even when they're already shut. Weird, huh?
> Donna
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Jacqueline Williams
> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 1:53 PM
> To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Art is God's Voice
>
> Dear Linda,
> I am so glad that you answered me in such detail. Your life story both
> before and after blindness is fascinating and inspiring. When someone 
> shares
> the detail of the transition, I think we all learn something more about
> ourselves.
> The part of your story I relate to the most is the part of being a visual
> learner, and the difficulty of transitioning to having to live in the
> auditory modality.
> There are so many other similarities.
> I know that all members on the list will be enheartened by your story, and
> how you came to grips with that steep learning curve.
> When I get through this mountain of new e-mails, I will try to send you a
> few poems, the first I wrote using JAWS and the most difficult I have ever
> attemped using the computer. A day does not go by without learning some
> little new detail that makes it a bit easier.
> With respect and gratitude for sharing.
> Jackie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Lynda Lambert
> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 7:16 AM
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Art is God's Voice
>
> Good Morning Jackie,
> thanks for your comments on my poem (in a separate email) and on my 
> website.
>
> I agree with the comments that I need to change the last thought in the
> poem, as some others have suggested. I am THINKING about it.
> You know how that is - things just stick in your mind until you know what 
> to
>
> do next. I was in that state of mind all night long, as I was thinking 
> about
>
> making pottery today, and thinking about HOW I would do it. Going over and
> over the process in my subconscious mind - maddening! lol
>
> My website and blogs:
> I had very extensive knowlege about how to do websites and blogs BEFORE
> sight loss. I had two blogs and have had this website for many years. (I 
> am
> a former professor of Fine Arts and Humanities, at Geneva College, Beaver
> Falls, PA)
>
> I had two other blogs before this one. I wrote about one of my passions,
> knitting. I did it for relaxation and to share 
> information/patterns/finished
>
> projects on the blogs.
> It was a nice getaway from my professional life -
>
> My website? I have been an actively exhibiting fine artist for well over 
> 35
> years. The website was where I shared images of my paintings, wood cut
> prints, upcoming show information, and my travel/study trips to Europe 
> every
>
> summer. The website was a recruiting tool for that program. I lived in the
> Alps in austria every summer until 2008 (I lost my sight in the fall of
> 2007). I took college students to Austria for a month every summer. While
> there I worked in my art studio in a village outside of Salzburg. I taught
> classes every morning Monday - Thursday until noon. Our class worked in 
> the
> studio, and each day we took trips all over the area and did writing and 
> art
>
> at a different location every day. On weekends, I took the students to a
> different country - Italy for the Redintore Festival every year in July.
> Czech Republic, where we visited small villages and of course, Prague.
> Germany, many many places in Germany including Hamburg, Luneburg, Munich,
> and more.
>
> This is how I knew HOW to make a website - through marketing my own art 
> and
> my Drawing and Writing in Salzburg courses.
>
> When I lost my sight - overnight - I was completely LOST. For five months 
> I
> really sat in a chair and listened to Public Radio as I did not know how 
> to
> do anyting at all. My husband brought me books on CDs from the local
> library - I was completely LOST and no one knew what to do with me.  It 
> took
>
> five months of very hard work to learn that there was such a thing as 
> rehab
> for blind people - and finally, after an existance that was meaningless, I
> got to go to a rehab center in Pittsburgh.
>
> There, I learned that I could do things again. But the realization that I
> had in an instant gone from teaching and lecturing on a very high level, 
> and
>
> had plunged to a level that was less than kindergarden became very clear 
> to
> me. You were so right about the LEARNING CURVE - it is the steepest 
> learning
>
> curve I have ever experienced, just to begin to live again and do the most
> basic things. I was at the center for 15 weeks, and did very well. I still
> had no computer skills, and that took another year or two for me to begin 
> to
>
> work on the computer again...It was two years before I could start that 
> blog
>
> that you saw. And, I can now post things on my website, do photos, and 
> list
> exhibitions as I need to have them there.
>
> Everything about me and my life was VISUAL. I am a visual learner, a 
> visual
> thinker, and a visual person. I still am! Sight loss has greatly altered 
> how
>
> I see things, but it still has to be visual for me to "get it." My weakest
> area was always learning anything through listening. Even when I attended 
> a
> lecture, or read a book, I had a pencil in my hand and I was writing -
> making it all VISUAL.  I still have to find ways to make what I hear into 
> an
>
> image in my mind - so I can remember it or learn new things. That will not
> change - it is my core. For me, a poem is first a visual work of art. It 
> has
>
> form, shape, and organization. And, each poetry book is a work of art, 
> first
>
> of all. I collect books by Contemporary poets, especially American poets. 
> My
>
> library walls are filled with books of contemporary poetry - and in my 
> mind
> it is fine art. It is visual both in appearance and when we listen to the
> words. I am crazy about post modern poetry and literature - I used to 
> teach
> it at the college.
>
> Well, I did not know I would write such a long post, but you asked, so I
> answered. After all, I am used to doing lectures so I LILKE to  discuss
> things of interest.  lol
> Lynda
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jacqueline Williams" <jackieleepoet at cox.net>
> To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 1:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Art is God's Voice
>
>
>> Linda,
>> What an inspiring website. Who helped you with your website? It is hard 
>> to
>> imagine accomplishing this with  no or low vision.   I would say that you
>> are a     speed-learner.
>> Are you familiar with Reiki? Just thinking about how beautiful the 
>> symbols
>> would be if done in beading. Though they are not made available to an
>> untrained practitioner.
>> Jackie
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Lynda Lambert
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 9:24 AM
>> To: Zgal at Zoominternet.net
>> Subject: [stylist] Art is God's Voice
>>
>> Hi Friends,
>> Just published a new blog article this morning.
>> You might enjoy it.
>>
>> http://walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com/2012/02/art-is-gods-voice.html
>>
>> We are getting some nice snow here this morning. It is so refreshing. Bob
>> and I walked through the woods along the creek this morning - such a
>> beautiful day!
>>
>> Lynda
>>
>>
>> Lynda Lambert
>> 104 River Road
>> Ellwood City, PA 16117
>>
>> 724 758 4979
>>
>> My Blog:  http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
>> My Website:  http://lyndalambert.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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