[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT?: Wyeth's painting of Christina Olson, Christina's World

  • From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:51:11 -0400

Cindy, you gave a very good description of that painting.  Actually that is 
exactly, how a professional describer would describe it here at the Museum 
of Fine Art here in Boston, I love going there and having a described tour!

Smile.

It is a very poinent picture and I can see how it would effect you, as your 
description did me.

It has definitely peaked my interest.

Shelley L. Rhodes M.A., VRT, CTVI
and Guinevere, Golden lady Guide
juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
Graduate Alumni Association Board
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More than Any other time, When i hold a beloved book in my hand, my 
limitations fall from me, my spirit is free.
- Helen Keller

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 3:58 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT?: Wyeth's painting of Christina Olson, 
Christina's World


Thank you for your comments, Jackie. I don't know
about the "talent for description," though. Sometimes,
when I try to describe illustrations, I'm afraid I put
in too much detail, and sometimes I think I'm too
vague, or describing things in terms that someone born
blind won't know what I'm talking about--or  make
assumptions. I'll never forget that when I answered a
question about the Man Who Walked Between the Towers,
I said that he held the pole perpendicular to the
tightrope wire, forgetting that that could mean two
different things. Fortunately, Shelley came to the
rescue. smile

Cindy

--- Jackie McBride <abletec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks, Grandma Cindy, it did help immensely.  It's
> always nice when
> some1 takes their eyesight, desire to share, & a
> talent for
> description & uses it to help those of us not
> blessed w/the eyesight
> component of the equation.  I do hope u both know &
> feel that those of
> us who are sight-impaired on list appreciate
> it--more than we say &
> more than we *can* say.
>
> Blessings.
>
> On 10/16/07, maithe007 <maithe007@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > This is a bit disturbing.  I now understand why
> people are captivated by it.
> >
> > Maithe
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 3:08 AM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT?: Wyeth's painting of
> Christina Olson,
> > Christina's World
> >
> >
> > > How thoughtless of me. I forget sometimes. smile
> > >
> > > The whole painting is shades of brown and tan.
> That's
> > > partly what makes it sad, I guess. At the very
> top of
> > > a hill, silhouetted against a gray sky, is a
> house
> > > with a couple of trees, and there is another
> house a
> > > little distance away--800 feet, according to the
> essay
> > > at the site. This is the background of the
> picture so
> > > the houses look small, as if some distance away.
> > >
> > > The bottom of the hill is a darker tan or light
> brown,
> > > the color or dry or dead grass. Around the house
> near
> > > the top of the hill is a lighter tan, as if the
> ground
> > > around has been cleared.
> > >
> > > Way down the hill, on the darker brown, is a
> girl
> > > wearing light-colored dress, almost white but
> more a
> > > very pale tan. The bottom of the dress, from
> which her
> > > legs are stretched, is the same brown of the
> dead
> > > grass. She has shoulder-length dark brown hair.
> Her
> > > body is twisted, with most of the weight on her
> right
> > > hip.  She is looking up toward the house, her
> back to
> > > us. The top of her body is raised on her thin
> arms. I
> > > don't know what I would have made of this
> picture if I
> > > hadn't read the accompanying essay--maybe if I
> saw it
> > > in a large painting instead of a small square, I
> would
> > > realize that her arms are in a crawling
> position.
> > > Apparently she is crawling up the hill toward
> home,
> > > dragging her useless legs.
> > >
> > > HTH
> > >
> > > Cindy
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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