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Oct 27, 2009 @ 14:55:03

SparklyKatie

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British artist Stephen Wiltshire is attempting to draw a panorama of New York's skyline entirely from memory.

link [news.bbc.co.uk]

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Oct 27, 2009 @ 14:56:51

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He's amazing. I read something Oliver Sacks wrote about him and it included some of his drawings. The detail is incredible. Thanks for the link.

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Oct 27, 2009 @ 14:58:37

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No probs I like his stuff too, amazing that he draws it after a 20 minute helicopter ride.

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Oct 27, 2009 @ 15:03:47

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SparklyKatie said:

No probs

I like his stuff too, amazing that he draws it after a 20 minute helicopter ride.

If you've not read the thing I mentioned, it's in 'An Anthropologist on Mars' (Oliver Sacks) and there is a chapter devoted to Stephen Wiltshire.

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Oct 27, 2009 @ 15:08:22

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claudibee said:

If you've not read the thing I mentioned, it's in 'An Anthropologist on Mars' (Oliver Sacks) and there is a chapter devoted to Stephen Wiltshire.

Cool thanks, I'll have a look for it next time I'm in Smiths or Waterstones

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Oct 27, 2009 @ 15:21:52

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That's remarkable. I think only a tiny percentage of autistic people have savant abilities like photographic memory; one of my mates has very mild autism and he has bad memory problems.

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Oct 28, 2009 @ 08:54:09

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I like such type of news

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