Every day there are news stories where some are inspiring and some are funny. This story is on the inspiring side because it is of a man who never had an ounce of artistic talent who underwent a 16 hour surgery to recover and suddenly have amazing artistic talent! There truly is life after brain damage and I guess in this case, a blessing in disguise although he lost his ability to use his left arm. Which makes me wonder if artistic ability has anything to do with the right side of the brain? A great book for learning how to draw for people who never thought they were able to is the book The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: A Course in Enhancing Creativity and Artistic Confidence which I personally bought to help me with my artistic side.
Now I wonder how many aspiring artists are going out and asking their friends to use a bat and hit them over their heads to cause some new innate ability that has been dormant. Perhaps.