Shouting in the Dark : My Journey Back To The Light

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Neuware - John Bramblitt makes his living as a visualartist. His works have been sold in over twenty different countries, and he s received three Presidential Service awards for the art workshops he teaches. He s painted portraits of skateboarder Tony Hawk and blues legend Pops Carter. He s given talks about his art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and there has even been a documentary made about him. And . . . he s blind.When Bramblitt was declared legally blind ten years ago due to complications with epilepsy, his hopes of becoming a creative writing teacher were shattered and he sunk into a deep depression. He felt disconnected from family and friends, alienated and alone.But then something amazing happened--he discovered painting. He learned to distinguish between different colored paints by feeling their textures with his fingers. He taught himself how to paint using raised lines to help him find his way around the canvas, and through something called haptic visualization, which enables him to'see' his subjects through touch.He now paints amazingly lifelike portraits of people he'snever seen--including his wife and son.Shouting in the Darkis the story ofBramblitt'slife, his journey navigating through this new territory of blindness, and how he ultimately rekindles his joy, passion, and relationshipsthrough art. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780762780075

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: John Bramblitt is an artist whose work has been sold in over twenty countries. He has appeared on CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, ABC, and BBC Radio, and he's been featured in The New York Times and Psychology Today. He's the subject of the documentary short “Bramblitt.”