{"id":4887,"date":"2016-08-26T15:13:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T19:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/?p=4887"},"modified":"2016-08-26T15:13:07","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T19:13:07","slug":"video-on-being-a-legally-blind-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/video-on-being-a-legally-blind-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: ON BEING A LEGALLY BLIND ARTIST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For as long as I can remember, my vision has always been blurry. It did degrade somewhat as a I got older. But it has \u00a0been normal to me. As a teenager, I was diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a rare genetic condition that causes my extreme nearsightedness and blurry vision. I&#8217;ve always been visually inclined towards doing arts and crafts. I had a natural eye for design and creativity. At some point in my life, I thought that it would be wise to give it up, seeing that my eyesight wasn&#8217;t great, perhaps it was the practical thing to do. Go get a safe and secure job, and lead a more conventional life. But safe has never been my thing, because boredom always sinks in. So here in this video, I talk about my challenges and overcoming them as a visually impaired person. I hope you will see that you too can overcome your challenges.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ibvHvIuVe_Y?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For as long as I can remember, my vision has always been blurry. It did degrade somewhat as a I got older. But it has \u00a0been normal to me. As a teenager, I was diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a rare genetic condition that causes my extreme nearsightedness and blurry vision. I&#8217;ve always been visually inclined [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4889,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photography"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5758,"url":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/life-advice-from-a-legally-blind-artist\/","url_meta":{"origin":4887,"position":0},"title":"LIFE ADVICE FROM A LEGALLY BLIND ARTIST","author":"Andrea Mai","date":"March 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I think the number one things people are curious about, when they find out about my visual disability is, \"What can you see?\" I would\u00a0say that it is like having blurry vision all the time. 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This was a well-anticipated event, as last year, there were no blossoms. Spring time is my favourite time for going out to take photos. 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