In which Amanda teaches Steve another word.

According to The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/limned :

tr.v. limned, limn·ing (lĭm′nĭng), limns
1. To describe or depict by painting or drawing.
2. To suffuse or highlight with light or color; illuminate: "There was just enough juice left in Merrill's flashlight to limn the outlines: A round lobe here. Another lobe over there" (Hampton Sides).
3. To describe or portray in words.
[Middle English limnen, to illuminate (a manuscript), probably alteration (influenced by limnour, illustrator) of luminen, from Old French luminer, from Latin lūmināre, to illuminate, adorn, from lūmen, lūmin-, light; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.]

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but when it comes to deep emotion or trauma, I put away the camera and listen to the poet limn her soul.

Two limners I have gotten to know recently are Jenny at http://shedares.deviantart.com/ and Rebecca Michelle at http://theemptychest.deviantart.com/

Both are dealing with significant mental health challenges. I met them first through their photography, but it is as writers that they limn their struggles and perseverance.

Blessings,
Steve