[stylist] Art is God's Voice

Tue Feb 14 19:36:51 UTC 2012

If I recall correctly, there are a handful of 
folks on this list with this. Hear a note, and 
see colors or letters, etc. There is a great book 
entitled, This is Your Brain On Music  which talks about it. Very interesting.

Brad

On 2/14/2012  11:10 AM Donna Hill said...
>Brad,
>That's the word I was thinking of too, but I thought it was when a person
>could hear colors and see sounds -- a cross-over of some sort. I'm not sure
>what this is, but let's go with that for now.
>Donna
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of Brad Dunsé
>Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 11:17 AM
>To: Writer's Division Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [stylist] Art is God's Voice
>
>
>     * synaesthesia?
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >... 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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