This morning I heard the news about one of my most favorite bums. I'm sure you must have seen him before on Rideau Street. He was the man whose legs and fingers were amputated, and he was so friendly! It turns out he is an Inuit artist doing tapestries (a traditionally female Inuit art) and he also painted. Some of his works are also hanging in the NAC. This is not necessarily surprising as most great Canadian artists were/are bums and drug addicts.
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Any how I wanted to share this CBC News story about a similarily creative man who lived on the streets for 20 years.
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