Tell Me A Story: P E R S P E C T I V E

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

P E R S P E C T I V E

Noun

1. A view or vista.
2. A mental view or outlook
3. Appearance of objects relative to each other determined by their distance from the viewer.
4. Ability to perceive things, and judge their comparative importance.
5. The proper or accurate point of view or the ability to see it.

Origin

Medieval Latin perspectiva ars - the science of optics
Latin perspicere - to inspect carefully, from per (intensive) + specere (to behold).

My 14 year-old granddaughter, Megan Jewell Norwood, has a unique perspective of the world.

Featured Photographs by Megan Jewell Norwood

"It's like the tulips are alive,

and the tree is dead."

Megan Norwood, Artist & Author

PERSPECTIVE

Fine Arts and Visual Arts/Art Terms

The theory or art of suggesting three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface, in order to recreate the appearance and spatial relationships that objects or a scene in recession present to the eye.

I returned from a three day trip to the HACWN writer's conference in 2009, and Megan (then 10 years old) met me at the door. She dragged a suitcase behind her filled with notepads, notebook paper, pencils, pens and yellow highlighters.

"I'm a writer, too," she announced. "I'm writing a story about my life for a contest at school."

Megan wrote her story, entitled, "My Life - W.O.W." It was one of the winners at her public school, Cordill Mason, in Blue Springs, Missouri.

I edited (shortened) Megan's story, and submitted it to to an editor from Focus on the Family that I met at the HACWN conference.

http://www.hacwn.org/HACWN/Welcome.html

Megan's article was published in the September 2010 edition of CLUBHOUSE Magazine.

"Just do it afraid."

Megan Jewell Norwood

It's true. Megan almost died the day she was born, and she has had life-saving blood transfusions for her entire life: 14 years now.

"What a Friend We Have in Jesus" remains Megan's favorite hymn. I still sing it to her - although she now prefers to listen to
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Granddaughters: Emily Grace and Megan Jewell. We like to call them "Thelma & Louise."

God is writing an amazing story in Megan's life, as He refines her through trials and triumphs.

She is artistic, brave, and ornery, and one of the best friends any person or animal could hope for.