Thursday, October 29, 2009

Savant

This one just dumbfounded me. The abilities of the brain are obviously still beyond our limited power to emulate.

Basically, 26 year old Stephen Wiltshire sketched, with incredible detail, the skyline of New York City after taking one 20-minute ride in a helicopter over the city.

Autistic artist draws the skyline of New York

Here's the drawing of Rome that the article refers to.

His Web site: The Stephen Wiltshire Gallery

Extending the boundaries of what is humanly possible.

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