"Eye with a View": Shine Love, Shine Light, Shine You!

On Sunday, February 16, from 2:00-3:00pm, Amla Mehta, author of Eye with a View, will host an Author Talk at the Storyteller’s Cottage to discuss her book. Admission includes light refreshments, and Amla will have signed copies of her book available for purchase. Tickets are just $5 and can be purchased here: https://www.storytellerscottage.com/bookings-checkout/author-talk-with-amla-mehta

ABOUT THE BOOK: Eye with a View features 12 enlightening true stories from pain to purpose. Amla chronicles the light and dark aspects of vision loss based on universal themes like facing inequality and vast change.

Nature is a perfect example of how we, as a human race, are meant to expand and grow. Even the most weathered, gnarled tree encompasses a unique pattern of magnificence. If every living being can accept nature in totality, resonating with imperfections and strengths, why can’t we, as a collective community, value and accept one another’s similarities and differences simultaneously?

Through the lens of being legally blind, Amla will empower readers to radiate their authenticity despite any adversity. After all, every star in the galaxy sparkles differently. Yet that’s precisely what makes the universe ever so spectacular.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Amla’s journey of blindness organically became the catalyst that enabled her to love herself unconditionally -- both her innate irregularities and her internal and external shimmery qualities. At 16 years old, she was diagnosed with a rare genetic eye disorder called Gyrate Atrophy, in which the patient gradually loses his or her peripheral vision between the ages of 45 and 60.

Despite the daily challenges of being legally blind, Amla hopes to invoke a deeper sense of awareness, spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically. Gyrate Atrophy has ultimately paved a unique pathway for her individual life purpose, and her goal is to inspire others to be proud of who they are, inside and out.

The Storyteller’s Cottage is located in a vintage Victorian house in the center of historic Simsbury, CT, and hosts all manner of immersive literary events throughout the year, including Agatha Christie inspired live murder mystery parties, Great Gatsby themed Jazz Supper Clubs, fascinating close-up illusions at Fine Parlor Magic nights, a Literary Dinner Party series on select evenings at midnight, and more.

The Storyteller's Cottage is located at 750 Hopmeadow Street in Simsbury. Parking for The Storyteller's Cottage is free, and is available on the street in front of the building, and in the Fiddler's Green parking lot on Wilcox Street (behind the house). For more information, please call 860-877-6099 or visit www.StorytellersCottage.com.