Art is a privilege. So many people around the world have had to, or still do, hide their art. But art is special. It\u2019s different. It\u2019s a part of us. And we won\u2019t give it up.<\/p>\n
Some people are lucky; making and sharing art is easy for them. It comes in the form of little doodles at the top of a loose-leaf piece of paper during a long lecture. It shows up when you tap your foot to the beat of a song you just can\u2019t get out of your head. It\u2019s even there when you\u2019re cleaning and, mid-sweep; find yourself in the middle of a beautiful twirl as if you\u2019re a ballerina.<\/p>\n
For some people, though, art isn\u2019t as easy. Art takes more time, is more difficult to do, more effort to create. Someone might have told these people that art just isn\u2019t for them, that they should do something else with their time. They may have even believed those skeptics. But, that doesn\u2019t mean they stopped doing it.<\/p>\n
Today I\u2019d like to highlight three artists who I recently became aware of who, against all odds, have created, or continue to create, something beautiful. These people are Mariusz K\u0119dzierski, John Bramblitt, and Paul Smith.<\/p>\n
At only 23-years-old, Mariusz K\u0119dzierski<\/a>\u00a0is the youngest of my selected artists. He was born without hands, but that hasn\u2019t stopped him from showing the world his artistic talent. K\u0119dzierski started drawing when he was just 16 and hasn\u2019t stopped since. He uses his arms to draw incredibly realistic pictures and portraits that take him hours to finish, but look as if they could be photographs by the time he is done. Mariusz K\u0119dzierski is a self-taught artist who never ceases to amaze me. His work is truly something we\u2019re lucky to see.<\/p>\n