Inspirational: Gilles Legacy
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
An artist with heart
I met this guy Gilles today on the Big Island of Hawaii. I bought some of his art work and we spoke a little while. He’s a quadriplegic whose face seemed to beam.
Talk about resilience and working through barriers, wow. Stricken with CP, and without use of arms or legs, he paints with another part of his body, his nose. Check out his The Nose Man’s website.
When I was a college student, I was friends with a teenager who was similarly challenged and I encouraged him to try painting and drawing while holding the pencil or brush in his mouth. He produced some great stuff, filled with light and proving to me that art comes from inside as much as anywhere.