by mrsjones5 11 Replies latest jw friends
I was listening to NPR early this morning and this artist was featured. He does some amazing stuff that you would need a magnifying glass to see. His work is on tour in the US (it's in Los Angeles right now). I would so love to see his work up close. He's also a really handsome guy and I just love his british accent.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/sundaysoapbox/2009/07/all_things_great_and_small.html#more
Fascinating.
thanks for posting
purps
I've seen his work on TV before, and it is utterly fascinating!
Here's a clip I saw about the artist a couple of years ago...amazing
wow, 20 million dollars, not too shabby for someone that can neither read or write.
I don't know how he does it.
For my drawings, I wanted to be more detailed and started using .03 lead.
That was pretty small for me, and to think his scultures are smaller than the
tip of that lead.
Yes, he probably is the most patient man on the planet.
purps
That is astonishing.
It seems that the structured educational system often weeds out the genuises.
Einstein and Stephen King were also told they would not amount to anything!
Wow! What an amazing artist!
"It seems that the structured educational system often weeds out the genuises."
The school system is designed to encourage conformity. That is why some incredibly intelligent people struggle in school -- because to be a genius is to be different.
"It seems that the structured educational system often weeds out the genuises."
That brings to mind another British artist: Stephen Wiltshire, he's autistic and draws highly detailed pictures from memory. 
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