i'm glad your responses have been so possitive, we got a few negative. but f it, that
is party of being an artist and putting myself out for all to see.  thanks to all
again,  my personal site is http://www.erols.com/kinggimp

dan



Meir Weiss wrote:

> Jan Sweeney wrote:
>
> > That comercial (which brought me to tears) is the artist known as King Gimp.
> > His real name is Dan.  HBO did a documentary on him and he won an Oscar last
> > year for it.  It is an amazing show!!  He is truely an inspiration.  He
> > lives on his own, graduated from college with an art degree and to my
> > knowledge he is making a good living selling his art.  You can check out his
> > web page at www.hbo.com/kinggimp  I highly recommend the show if you can
> > catch it.  I tried to see if it was out on video and was unable to locate a
> > copy so if anyone has a copy, please email me.
> >
> > Jan
> > Noah's mommy
> > vacterls, cp, preemie, g-tube, blah blah blah
> > www.minidreams.com/noah
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Marie Stangel" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 1:03 PM
> > Subject: [HK] actors, artist and the Super Bowl
> >
> > > Okay, did anyone see the commercial with the artist who painted with a
> > > headpiece and had beautiful works of art.  I think the ad was for
> > cingular.
> > >  Emily, 5 nda, started to laugh because the artist had halted speech.  It
> > > was one of those wonderful teachable moments.  I explained that he
> > probably
> > > had a brain injury like Evan except he may have had an injury to the place
> > > that lets him talk.  I also used a student I had in class to explain this.
> > > She really understood and it was a wonderful ad.  Robert and I watched it
> > > and cried.  I sure hope they play the ad a lot.
> > > Marie
> > > Mom to Emily 5 nda and Evan my 21 month old imp w/ LH
> > >
> > >
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