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This video interview by WIRED is titled, "How this Guy Makes the World’s Smallest Handmade Sculptures" and features artistic and autistic micro-sculptor: Dr. Willard Wigan MBE.
In this interview video, he provides awesome images of his work and an inspirational testimony to being "better, not bitter" after being left behind by a school system which did not support learning differences in the 1960s and 1970s.
link - length - 8:22
A few of many phrases from the video which especially caught my attention and which other readers of this gifted forum may also relate to: - a steady mind, - breathing exercises, - I have to do this right, - it tires me out, - I may work 16-17 hours, - it is impossible to enjoy it, - rough shape of what I'm about to create, - little problems, - 20% I get rid of, 80% makes it to completion, - Willard's dedication makes him always strive for perfection in his work, - find why it didn't work, and I just keep going until I get it right, - there's kids out there with autism, take time to listen to them, understand them...
