[stylist] Art is God's Voice

Fri Feb 17 23:13:27 UTC 2012

Thanks, Jackie. I agree with you. Life does take on a special beauty that we 
never could have known we would have at the time of the visual loss. I 
cannot believe how much I can do now - when only 4 years ago I thought I 
could do nothing ever again. It is all good, in the end!  Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jacqueline Williams" <jackieleepoet at cox.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Art is God's Voice


> 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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