I don't have anything to show you yet, but I do have something that I found that is utterly amazing for you to go and see. A man, named Paul Smith, who was born with severe cerebral palsy, used an ordinary typewriter (yes, you read the correctly) to make the most beautiful pieces of art. There's a video on you tube about him and his art as well. I can't seem to get the direct link to work, but if you Google his name and/or typewriter art you will find him. Such an inspirational man!!
Today the quote, which is very fitting I think, comes from William Ellery Channing.... "Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict"
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Interesting stuff. We used to do self portraits using a silly stamp when I was studying drawing many years ago. I was issued with a rubber ducky stamp! and you learned how to use it intensively in various areas to create light and shade, amazing how soon you stopped thinking of it as a rubber ducky. He's doing something very similar, clever of him to use the typewriter to compensate for his erratic movements.
Off to check it out!
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