AwfulEye

Artist - Going Blind Is My Super Power!

[AwfulEye @Awful_Eye]

for my new followers, i wanted to let you all know whats going on with me and why art is so important.

I have a very rare eye condition called axenfeld-rieger syndrome that caused Glaucoma. axenfeld-rieger syndrome is very rare and only 1 in 200,000 people have it!

[AwfulEye @Awful_Eye]

Update

I can see, not like I used to, but I can see. Like, I'm still using a screen reader most days. I'm just figuring all this out as I go, ya know, but I'm still here. Just regrouping, I guess, is the right word.

I'm currently trying to figure out if I should just focus more on generative art because I can type even completely blind, or focus on physicals since I can use my hands and feel the paints.

This is honestly something I never thought would be a decision, and maybe it doesn't have to be? Maybe I could do both? Just because I can't really see doesn't mean I have to stick to one medium, does it? I don't know, this is stuff I'm asking myself, really.

But yeah, everybody, I'm good. I'm still here, just not as active right now while figuring all this out.

I knew this was coming, but when it hit, it was honestly like, whoa, it's real now. Not just something doctors kept saying was coming. It's here now.

It got scary for a few weeks. Like, I had to really think, can I even still create art? After all that talk about not quitting, can I actually do this?

The answer I've come up with is..... YES.

Yes, I can do this! I've been preparing for it, actually.

So, I hope you guys are ready, NOW is when I really blow minds!

If you thought I gave up, watch me now.....

I've just been getting a game plan together.

Now, it's freaking GO TIME!

[AwfulEye @Awful_Eye]

Repent, The Kingdom of God is at hand!

[AwfulEye @Awful_Eye]

God is so good!

[AwfulEye @Awful_Eye]

oh wowwwwwww!!!!! i can picture it!!! makes me think of my great grand father who was born in 1920 and fought in WW2! he would have only been 6 months old when the construction started! WOW! ill tell ya man, this means more to me than i can explain, simply because my mind made a connectionbetween the piece and my great grand father! thank you so much!!!

[AwfulEye @Awful_Eye]

descriptions like this make it where i can still enjoy yalls work!!!!

[MintFace 🍒 @mintface]

imagine a road up and to the right, diagonal across the artwork... and then a smaller bridge from the south edge to meet the road half way north... except the bridge is closed off and it meets a tan gravel road that diagonally follows the path of the road east to the edge... the top angled half that meets the road is entirely New Zealand bush

[AwfulEye @Awful_Eye]

@mintface thanks bro!!!! awesome description! i can picture it!

[AwfulEye @Awful_Eye]

@mintface oh wow! okay so the road follows the bush line? whats the bridge blocked by? since it was constructed back then by WW1 vets im picturing an old bridge that could be crumbling am i getting that right?

[AwfulEye @Awful_Eye]

@elonmusk download non visual desktop access and use X with your eyes closed and youll see how this platform can improve and the challenges we in the blind community face using it. non visual desktop access is a completely free screen reader and would allow you to actually see what its like for a blind person using the platform.

[AwfulEye @Awful_Eye]

@mintface thanks dude!!!! one thing, im blind now, can you describe what the piece looks like?

[AwfulEye @Awful_Eye]

@rareperkins can i call you on here and talk about this tomorrow?

[AwfulEye @Awful_Eye]

ok yall, im blind now. im using a screen reader to read whats going on. its annoying but i can at the very least use my computer now. the screen reader im using is called NVDA it stands for non visual desktop access. i cant afford JAWS. so this will work for now!.

im learning and adapting. i told you @rareperkins i dont quit! i meant it

[AwfulEye @Awful_Eye]

@garyvee hi @garyvee im blind now. now its time to blow minds for real.

[AwfulEye @Awful_Eye]

hey @beeple want to collab with a blind artist? if so maybe i could come to charleston and do it in person together. im in nc so not like crazy far!

[AwfulEye @Awful_Eye]

@SiasConfetti can i change the voice so its not so robotic sounding?

[AwfulEye @Awful_Eye]

@BB_Session thank you so much!

[AwfulEye @Awful_Eye]

@SiasConfetti really? as you personally know we used jaws at the school we both went to. its just taking some getting use to, i need to learn the keyboard shortcuts lol i dont understand why jaws is so expensive. but nvda seems pretty solid so far!

[AwfulEye @Awful_Eye]

i just called adobe to cancel my subscription, the agent was amazing and said he was going to follow me on here, hi sir!

[AwfulEye @Awful_Eye]

@elonmusk you should really put more focus on making X more accessible to work with screen readers for blind people. please. ill even help if you want. if you want id work directly with you to make this the best platform for blind people to ever exist!

[AwfulEye @Awful_Eye]

i know i said going blind wasnt bad, i was wrong. well kind of, going blind isnt hard but being blind completely blows.