For those who like art and/or poetry, check out this web site:
Akiane, child artist
Be sure to click on the thumbnail pictures, and be sure to read the comments and/or poetry Akiane wrote for each of them. She's only 12, NOW, and has been painting incredible paintings for years.
I suppose a genius could show up once every few hundred years with her artistic talent at such a young age. But the comments and poetry she writes are "impossible" for someone so young to write and understand. And yet she has. She's for real.
My wife and I have an opportunity to actually meet her next week! She's considered the world's only living binary child genius ("binary" meaning she is considered genius level in both her painting and her poetry).
Like I said, WAYYYY off topic. Now back to the serious stuff this thread is famous for...
OT - Thanks for posting that. I remember her. Akiane was on the same Oprah show that one of my past students was on.
http://www.oprah.com/tows/slide/200310/20031021/tows_slide_20031021_05.jhtml
Thanks for the beautiful site. I'm amazed by the 12 year old, Akiane.
The eyes in her painting are so real and almost pierce right through to your heart. Please share your visit with us.