Cindy, I think it was a marvelous description. I noticed particularly the precise way you described the colors. It sounds like a very sad picture!
Cat Lover Lori----- Original Message ----- From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 12:58 PMSubject: [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 > > > > > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________> > Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user > > panel and lay it on us. > >http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7> > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list > > of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of > available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > -- Jackie McBride Please sign the Yahoo Accessibility petition at:<http://www.petitiononline.com/yabvipma/petition.html>& Check out my homepage at: www.abletec.serverheaven.net To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.____________________________________________________________________________________Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out.http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469 To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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