{"id":60,"date":"2013-06-28T06:24:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T10:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/?p=60"},"modified":"2013-06-28T06:24:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-28T10:24:00","slug":"best-of-show-winner-overcomes-blindness-through-art-ellwood-city-ledger-local-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/best-of-show-winner-overcomes-blindness-through-art-ellwood-city-ledger-local-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of Show winner overcomes blindness through art – Ellwood City Ledger: Local News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Best of Show winner overcomes blindness through art – Ellwood City Ledger: Local News<\/a><\/p>\n

There is absolutely no reason that a person with sight loss cannot continue to be a creative person!<\/p>\n

This article in the Ellwood City Ledger gives a little bit of my story to find my way again as an artist after I was sidelined in October 2007 by Ischemic Optic Neuropathy<\/span><\/i><\/b>. this very quick event left me with “profound blindness.” \u00a0But, the ARTIST who dwells inside of me, found ways to continue to create art and to continue to be in art exhibitions and even to win the Best of Show Award.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Leave me a message – tell me what you think about my latest post. Thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Best of Show winner overcomes blindness through art – Ellwood City Ledger: Local News There is absolutely no reason that a person with sight loss cannot continue to be a creative person! This article in the Ellwood City Ledger gives …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trusting-god"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4gbwn-Y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59,"url":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/art-show-winners-ellwood-city-ledger-local-news\/","url_meta":{"origin":60,"position":0},"title":"Lynda’s Art Studio – Art show winners – New Castle News","author":"Lynda Lambert","date":"June 28, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Art show winners - Ellwood City Ledger: Local News You can click on the Ledger link and SEE ME with my BEST OF SHOW award winning art, DANCE OF THE NEW MOON. 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