Carrie or Peter Jacobson on wed 19 jan 00
Hello ClayArters, and thank you for all the comments and opinions on
glasses. You all split about evenly on glasses vs. contacts, and had some
great ideas on fixing my horribly scratched glasses (rain-X was the most
intriguing). I also loved the idea of covering my lenses with saran wrap...
not only will it protect them, but also it will help my otherworldly look,
as well.
Eye doctor says no, I am not going blind just (ouch) getting old. Need
bifocals, or two sets of glasses or new eyes or something. I still do not
know what, exactly, I will do, but I do appreciate all the input, and the
knowledge that I am not alone in my problems.
One comment on urinals, a topic mel brought up. Ernest Hemingway apparently
had the same fondness for urinals that mel has expressed, and when a
favorite haunt of his was being torn down, he bought or stole or somehow got
a urinal. Much to the dismay of his wife at the time, he brought it home.
Now, it stands in the garden of his Key West home, acts as a fountain for
his many polydactylic cats.
Ta-ta,
Carrie Jacobson
Pawcatuck, CT
Pamala Browne on sun 23 jan 00
Carrie--- just thought I'd let you know that open cock- pit race car
drivers use a variation of the saran - wrap trick . They pull them off as
the dirt splashes on them . I can just see you now, sitting at your wheel
,starting your engine , there you goooooooooooo pamalab
----- Original Message -----
From: Carrie or Peter Jacobson
To:
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 2:31 PM
Subject: glasses, etc.
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Hello ClayArters, and thank you for all the comments and opinions on
> glasses. You all split about evenly on glasses vs. contacts, and had some
> great ideas on fixing my horribly scratched glasses (rain-X was the most
> intriguing). I also loved the idea of covering my lenses with saran
wrap...
> not only will it protect them, but also it will help my otherworldly look,
> as well.
>
> Eye doctor says no, I am not going blind just (ouch) getting old. Need
> bifocals, or two sets of glasses or new eyes or something. I still do not
> know what, exactly, I will do, but I do appreciate all the input, and the
> knowledge that I am not alone in my problems.
>
> One comment on urinals, a topic mel brought up. Ernest Hemingway
apparently
> had the same fondness for urinals that mel has expressed, and when a
> favorite haunt of his was being torn down, he bought or stole or somehow
got
> a urinal. Much to the dismay of his wife at the time, he brought it home.
> Now, it stands in the garden of his Key West home, acts as a fountain for
> his many polydactylic cats.
>
> Ta-ta,
>
> Carrie Jacobson
> Pawcatuck, CT
>
Nils Lou on fri 7 may 10
Just for the sake of conjecture I will introduce my
own experience with glasses. Not terribly myopic, only
20/40 or so I went the glasses route and commenced on the
journey of every year or so needing stronger glasses. Hated them!
I checked out "See without Glasses" which offers a program of
eye exercises. Mainly, a system of accommodation effort using
an eight foot piece of string with beads every six inches.
By hooking one end to the wall and holding the other end near=3D20
your chin one exercises the eye muscles accommodating the focus
on each bead, back and forth, jumping and focusing the length of
string. I don't have perfect vision, but I drive, play golf, pot,
and read without glasses. May not work for everyone, but if you
hate glasses give it a try.
nils lou, professor of art
http://nilslou.blogspot.com
www.tinyurl.com/bpc5nm
503.883.2274
"Play is the essence of creativity", and
"What is not brought forward into consciousness....
we later call Fate", Carl Jung
Arnold Howard on fri 7 may 10
My brother-in-law improved his vision with the Bates system.
Sincerely,
Arnold Howard
Paragon Industries, L.P., Mesquite, Texas USA
ahoward@paragonweb.com / www.paragonweb.com
John Rodgers on fri 7 may 10
.Back in the '80's I used a similar system, but in conjunction with
visual identity program that ran on a laser disk. The bead and string
thing was part of it, but the other part was aimed at helping pilots
increase their visual acuity. When the program ran, you watched the TV
screen and then watched for tiny dot, triangles and circles to appear at
random on the screen. Sometimes 1 - then up to several at once. You had
to keep switching your visual focus to spot the things. This would be
the equivalent of being in a fighter plane and watching for a target to
appear with the earth as the background. Tough to do with multiple
targets - but you do begin to learn and the eyes do begin to rapidly
focus on those targets. Between these two methods - I postponed the
inevitable aging eye problems prol'ly a good ten years. It works - but
you have to be diligent about it.
John
John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com
On 5/7/2010 9:51 AM, Nils Lou wrote:
> Just for the sake of conjecture I will introduce my
> own experience with glasses. Not terribly myopic, only
> 20/40 or so I went the glasses route and commenced on the
> journey of every year or so needing stronger glasses. Hated them!
> I checked out "See without Glasses" which offers a program of
> eye exercises. Mainly, a system of accommodation effort using
> an eight foot piece of string with beads every six inches.
> By hooking one end to the wall and holding the other end near
> your chin one exercises the eye muscles accommodating the focus
> on each bead, back and forth, jumping and focusing the length of
> string. I don't have perfect vision, but I drive, play golf, pot,
> and read without glasses. May not work for everyone, but if you
> hate glasses give it a try.
>
> nils lou, professor of art
> http://nilslou.blogspot.com
> www.tinyurl.com/bpc5nm
> 503.883.2274
> "Play is the essence of creativity", and
> "What is not brought forward into consciousness....
> we later call Fate", Carl Jung
>
>
>
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