Writing Heads Facing the Front Corner...something new ; -)

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
March 18, 2009

Hello SW List Members -
The List was down for around 5 hours yesterday due to maintenance at  
Valencia College I believe...

I received this message from Cherie - Thank you, Cherie! I will make  
the changes to Cat in the Hat...Glad you like the new symbols  
(explained below).......Val ;-)

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>> On Mar 18, 2009, at 3:41 AM, Cherie Wren wrote:
>>
>>> I got it.  My reply was "Love it.  Change it.  ::smile::"
>>>
>>> ::still smiling::
>>> cherie
>>>


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On Mar 17, 2009, at 4:29 PM, SignWriting wrote:

> SignWriting List
> March 17, 2009
>
> Hello Everyone, and Cherie and Adam!
>
> As you all know, Cherie Wren's Cat in the Hat is a real special  
> document:
>
> Cat in the Hat in ASL
> http://www.signwriting.org/library/children/CatHat.html
>
> And this month, on March 27th and 28th, Cherie will be presenting a  
> SignWriting workshop on the Cat in the Hat in American Sign  
> Language, which Cherie translated, signed on video, and wrote from  
> video in SignPuddle on the web... a true classic...
>
> I hope some of you can attend the workshop in Alabama...the  
> registration form is on the front page of our web site:
>
> Cat in the Hat workshop
> download flyer
> http://www.SignWriting.org
>
> Anyway...the Cat in the Hat had influence on the International  
> SignWriting Alphabet (the ISWA 2008), because while I was finalizing  
> the ISWA, Cherie was writing the document in SignPuddle, and I could  
> see that certain symbols were needed to make the writing of  
> storytelling better...so now, before the upcoming workshop, I am  
> going through some of the pages in Cat in the Hat to find some areas  
> where some of the new ISWA symbols might make the document more up  
> to date...Cherie gave me permission to do this and I have been  
> enjoying reviewing the document, but will not make changes without  
> being sure  ;-)
>
> Here attached is one new area that i think has great promise...we  
> have some new symbols in the ISWA for "the head turned to face the  
> front corner"...We never had these before, so this is something  
> new...We can now differentiate between the head facing straight  
> forward, which is the simple Facial or Head Circle....and the body  
> and head facing the front corner. When facing the front corner, the  
> head and shoulders become darker on the side that is closest to the  
> reader (the reader is standing behind the signer)...so when the body  
> faces the corner we can now show that the head is facing the corner  
> too, without using arrows to show the head is turning.
>
> This is good because the arrows are supposed to show a true neck  
> movement turning the nose, but if the whole body faces the front  
> corner, then the neck is not stretching and turning...it is just  
> facing the front corner in a neutral way...This is kind of hard to  
> explain but I tried in this attached diagram...I have not made these  
> changes in your original document, Cherie, but in a copy instead,  
> and if it is ok with you, I would like to change the heads that  
> "face the front corner" to the new heads with the darker rim, rather  
> than having arrows on top of the heads...we don't have to update the  
> document if you don't want to, but at least I want to inform you...I  
> can make the changes with your permission...
>
> Thanks for the great document!!
>
> See attached...
>
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