[stylist] Visual illusions

Sat Feb 18 03:12:02 UTC 2012

++I know those colors well. I see them often and that was one of the first
indicaters for me that something was wrong. That and my sudden inabiliy to
read. I had great difficulty driving also and a big part of it was the
distraction of what I called 'fireworks'. My doctor did say it had to do
with my retina seperating, but was not concerned. He kept telling me that I
needed to worry more about my glaucoma but of course he was a glaucoma
specialist. Would almost prefer total dark than sporatic colors as it is
distracting and often startles me when it starts as I reflexively try to
figure out what is causing movement. Would love to hear more about your
findings. It is curious that all the people that seem to experience this
are the naturally visual artistic people (me too). Eve

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Lynda Lambert <llambert at zoominternet.net>wrote:

> Yes, this fits what I see...cartoon or movie scenes in movement and full
> vivid and very moving color. Very high energy imagery! They are talking and
> very animated, but I do not hear anthing. It is all visual illusions. I
> have to say, I keep this to myself - as far as friends and family go, they
> know nothing of it. Besides, most people expect an artist to be a bit
> strange anyway.
>
>
> I did have an experience one morning a few years before my sight loss
> problems though. I still think there is a connection to what happened to me
> that morning, and with my eventual sight loss.
>
> I was going to be lecturing that morning on Classical Greek Sculpture and
> culture to nearly 200 students. Just before I was to begin, I walked out to
> the podium to be sure my lecture notes were there, and that the
> microphones, recorder, and slide projecter were all set to go.  I looked
> down at my typed notes and as I looked at the page, there was no text there
> at all. The page, instead, was alive with brilliant neon colored and moving
> geometric shapes. The words and text had turned into a virtual light show
> of moving shapes and neon colors. I immediately went back to the media area
> just off the stage, where two of my colleagues were making sure all the
> recording stuff was ready for my lecture. I walked in and asked them to
> please pray for me. They asked, what is wrong?
>
> I told them "I cannot see. I cannot see anything on the papers of notes."
>
> It was now time for me to walk onto the stage and begin the lecture. I
> walked out and took my place behind the podium, switched on the mike at my
> waist. I thought, "This is going to be the most horrifying day of my life
> because I cannot see anything.  I will have to just begin the lecture from
> my memory, and go as far as I can." But, I knew I would never be able to
> deliver that lecture without notes - 55 minutes of very detailed
> information, with dates, places. No way could I do this!
>
> All I can remember of it was that I stepped out from behind the podium,
> walked forward toward the students seated in the audience, and opened my
> mouth to begin the lecture.
>
> I was in a dream it seemed. But it was no dream. It was really happening.
>  I continued to talk, and somehow, I don't even remember any more details,
> as I walked back to the podium, I could again see text. The neon was gone.
> I have no idea how long it was before I could see that text - I was in a
> state of shock, I am sure.
>
> I told several doctors about this experience, and nobody seemed to think
> it was anything serious. I later read about this type of thing hapening
> when people had migraine headaches. I have had migraine headaches for many
> years. And, when I lost my sight, it was after a number of days of very
> severe migraine headaches. I do not think there is a coincidence in this -
>
> Have any of you here had any kind of visual experiences like this?
>
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacqueline Williams" <
> jackieleepoet at cox.net>
> To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 8:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Art is God's Voice
>
>
> Brad, Donna, Lynda, and others,
> Yes, synesthesia is the one where often letters, or even musical notes are
> seen in color. The other is a syndrome starting with B. It may be Barnet's
> syndrome. It is when you actually see scenes in movement and full color. I
> was seeing yellow butterflies for a time, and then northern lights of
> chartreuse green. The retinologist told me about it, and I think I have it
> in my computer. I till look. Yes, it is easy to think we are crazy at
> times.
> But isn't it exciting in some ways to feel we have secret visions that few
> can share?
> More later.
> Jacqui
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On
> Behalf Of Brad Dunsé
> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 9:17 AM
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> 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@**nfbnet.org<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@**nfbnet.org<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@**nfbnet.org<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<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
>> >>
>> >>
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