[blindkid] on the subject of perspective

[Robert Jaquiss]

Hello:

     There is a book on this subject:
Drawing and the Blind: Pictures to Touch

John M. Kennedy

ISBN: 0300054904

Published: Yale University Press.


This book came out in 1993.

Hope this is useful.

Regards,

Robert Jaquiss

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carol Castellano" <blindchildren at verizon.net>
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Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] on the subject of perspective


>I very much enjoyed watching this video, and especially seeing Esref's 
>smile as he completes his task.  What amazes me, though, after 26 years in 
>"the blindness biz" from the consumer point of view, is not that Esref can 
>paint and handle perspective, but that the sighted public, including lots 
>of people with doctoral degrees, can be so dense!!!  Because THEY didn't 
>know that blind people could do this (or at least that gifted blind artists 
>could), it is called incredible, ground-breaking, and historic.  Because 
>THEY named a certain part of the brain "the VISUAL cortex," it astounds 
>them that it could be used by any other sense.  Seems to me they really 
>need to get out more!  :-)
>
> Carol
>
> Carol Castellano
> National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
> 973-377-0976
> carol_castellano at verizon.net
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>
> At 07:28 PM 1/14/2011, you wrote:
>>Some of you may know about this man, as we already know there is no limits 
>>to what anyone can do. Extraordinary!!
>>Enjoy
>>
>>
>>Heidi
>>
>>
>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3AgO6H0H98
>>
>>
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