Prodigy?

I normally try to keep my random posts theatre related but I'm gonna go on an arts-related tangent to bring you this clip of a 3 year old finger artist.



This kid is sick with his phalanges! At age three I was still in diapers (which I explained to my friends by letting them know that "God made me to wear diapers until I was three and he made you not to wear diapers when you are three.") and this kid is producing brilliant TMNT portraiture!

I understand that most humans aren't showing any signs of brilliance by the age of three, in fact, most of us will never exhibit any Howser-like propensity toward accelerated learning. Still, it makes me wonder where a gift like this comes from. Did this kid just wake up one day with this great ability, was he born this way, was he taught to paint? Or is he some kind of mutant, the next shift in human evolution, one step away from walking though walls or cell regeneration? Whatever the case, he's special and I'm jealous.

...so maybe I was four when I stopped wearing diapers, so what!! I also spent many hours wholeheartedly trying to wrap my little brain around concepts of telekinesis, levitation and teleportation, I didn't have many any triumphs with those experiments, but it never hurts to try.

Enjoy your non-genetically-enlightened day!