International SignWriting Alphabet (ISWA) in finished ; -)

[Adam Frost]

Stefan,

I have to admit that it would seem weird to have alternating blinking  
eyes, but I have to admit that I used to do that all the time when I  
was a kid. I can still do it, and somewhat fast too. ;-) So although  
it may not have been intended, I still think it would be good to have  
as well. True, it may not be used THAT much, but it could be said for  
several other symbols. I do know that it will get used. ;-)

Adam

On Sep 7, 2008, at 11:55 AM, Valerie Sutton wrote:

> SignWriting List
> September 7, 2008
>
> Hello Stefan and everyone -
> Thank you for your kind words below...Yes...I have been working on  
> the ISWA for years now, and although we all know it will never be  
> "prefect", it is certainly a better symbolset than the IMWA...the  
> symbol you ask your question about below didn't even exist in the  
> IMWA...
>
> And yes you are right, we are planning all kinds of documentation  
> and teaching methods to teach the symbols, including animated GIFs  
> of each symbol, and as you say, photos and descriptions...maybe you  
> and others would enjoy helping me with some of those? We can talk  
> about that later...one step at a time...;-))
>
> Meanwhile, to answer your question below...That symbol is an "Eye- 
> Blink". It is one of several ways to write the eyelid...but I can  
> see you found a tiny error on my part...the little arrows that  
> represent the opening and closing should be read from the center- 
> out, and so  the arrows should be flopped for one of the eyes! Great  
> to get your discerning feedback, Stefan...you have such a good eye  
> (smile) for details - I am not sure if that can be fixed now,  
> because it is overwhelming work for Steve to have to re-load the  
> symbols...but I am glad you told me and I will put that on a little  
> list of "things to fix someday" ;-))
>
> At least you know what is meant here:
>
> Here are the Eye-Blink symbols:
>
>
> <Eyeblinks.png>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sep 7, 2008, at 11:20 AM, Stefan Wöhrmann wrote:
>
>> Hello Valerie, and sw-listers
>>
>> wow what an excellent achievement. You must be so proud of your  
>> "baby" - smile - I bet that not too many people can estimate how  
>> much of your time, energy, creativity, knowledge and discipline has  
>> been necessary to accomplish this vision.
>>
>> The good point is that know all over the world people can refer to  
>> symbols in order to describe any given SL performance.
>>
>> What will be helpfull in the long run is a 1 to 1 graphic - foto or  
>> description to symbol. I felt so excited and I looked at all the  
>> pages and symbols in the document you shared for download.
>>
>> Just allow one funny comment - can you perform this eye-movement  
>> opening and closing alternating ? – smile  -
>
>> <pastedGraphic.tiff>
>
>
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