[stylist] Art is God's Voice

Mon Feb 13 22:54:19 UTC 2012

Now that I am in touch with some other writers, I am thinking a lot more 
about resuming my own writing. I am keeping a journal - not a daily log, but 
an occasional discussion. I am putting each into a binder, and I save it on 
my computer, too. I have a folder for the year 2012 Journal. Then, I can 
look up any entry, by the day and month, as I would want to do. They are in 
sequence in the folder, so easy to find when I need it.

the other thing I need to do is to QUIT spending so much time on Face Book! 
That will be a goal for me, to start doing more writing seriousaly, and back 
off the amount of time spent on Face Book.  It really is, for the most part, 
a waste of my time. This one thing alone would give me writing time.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jacqueline Williams" <jackieleepoet at cox.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 1:52 PM
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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