[stylist] Art is God's Voice
Jacqueline Williams
jackieleepoet at cox.net
Fri Feb 17 22:33:36 UTC 2012
Linda,
Not sure if I told you what a wonderful retirement job I think you now hold.
After the initial adjustment (sometimes five years) life indeed takes on a
beauty of its own where you can treasure each new phase of it.
You are on the move.
Jackie
-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Lynda Lambert
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 5:34 AM
To: Writer's Division Mailing List
Subject: Re: [stylist] Art is God's Voice
Yes, Lori, I know there are professors who are blind.
I am not at all interested at this point in my life. I am happily retired,
at age 68. I am retired from daily activities in the classroom. But now,
my classroom has expanded.
While I was teaching I had been collecting many books that were to be a
retirement project to read them. Things that were outside of my expertise
(to read just for fun) and, many other books that I wanted to read so that I
could write papers on the authors. One of my first disappointments was the
moment when I realized I could nevr read those books. But now, I am reading
those books via the Books for Blind and Handicapped Readers program.
Others, if not available, I will have to scan and read through my Kurzweil
program. I gave away well over 400 art books though, after my sight loss. It
was distressing to me to be surrounded by books on art so I gave them to a
young student who was pursuing the BFA degree and would need them in her
studies and future classroom. I kept only a treasured few of my art books -
ones that even though I cannot see them now, I treasure them and love to
know that I own them.
I enjoy my NEW JOB now very much. In this new job description, here are
some of my perks:
Early mornings at the gym;
Leisurly breakfasts with my husband;
Numerous walks with my dogs in the woods along the ridge overlooking the
creek;
Create pottery every day;
Create encrusted bead work every day;
Spend winter days in a cozy warm library as I read and knit;
Select books outside of my discipline to read for pure pleasure;
Visit family out of town and don't have to rush back to be in a classroom on
Monday morning;
Take a little walk across the bridge behind my house and stop at my grand
daughter's house to play with her little girls;
Never need to give tests or paper assignments to be done at the end of the
day.
Never need to spend long nights and weekends reading stacks of papers and
grading them.
I lilke the perks of my new Retirement Job! I think I will keep it. Wouldn't
you?
Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: <loristay at aol.com>
To: <stylist at nfbnet.org>; <LRovig at nfb.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 11:57 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Art is God's Voice
> Lynda--There are blind professors. If you are at all interested in
> resuming that part of your life, contact Lorraine Rovig at the National
> Center for the Blind to get names of some with whom you can network and
> find out how they teach.
> Lori Stayer
>
>
>
> Lorraine Rovig--(410)659-9314
>
> or email her: LRovig at nfb.org
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lynda Lambert <llambert at zoominternet.net>
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Fri, Feb 10, 2012 9:20 am
> 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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