Paralyzed Graf Artist Writes Again

by Mike  |  November 24, 2009  |  Published in Style & Culture  |  12 Comments

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Graffiti artist, Tony Quan lives with a degenerative condition called Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, aka Lou Gehrig’s disease, but with the help of a few clever friends and about 50 bucks of electronic equipment, he’s painting again using only the movements of his eyes.

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  1. Tweets that mention Paralyzed Graf Artist Writes Again:: Kidrobot KRonikle -- Topsy.com says:

    November 24, 2009 at 2:56 pm(#)

    [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Kidrobot, Joel Chavez. Joel Chavez said: RT @KidrobotRules: paralyzed graffiti artist paints with his eyes: http://bit.ly/7xiM3v [...]

  2. uberVU - social comments says:

    November 24, 2009 at 3:12 pm(#)

    Social comments and analytics for this post…

    This post was mentioned on Twitter by KidrobotRules: paralyzed graffiti artist paints with his eyes: http://bit.ly/7xiM3v…

  3. dopelyswaggin says:

    November 24, 2009 at 3:20 pm(#)

    inspiring

  4. Sondra Lee says:

    November 24, 2009 at 3:28 pm(#)

    Amazing!

  5. Rolando says:

    November 24, 2009 at 4:14 pm(#)

    This is what I am talking about…too many artists hate instead of help. Mad props to those who chose to help this time…

  6. eyeone says:

    November 24, 2009 at 4:36 pm(#)

    This is an article Tempt One aka Tony wrote going into his history, his condition, and the way technology is enabling him to make art again:
    http://eyelost.com/eyeoneblog/index.php?itemid=99

  7. TOTALLY COOL DUDE says:

    November 24, 2009 at 5:20 pm(#)

    AWESOME I LOVE STREET!!!

  8. ESRON--->TEAM666 says:

    November 24, 2009 at 7:30 pm(#)

    I HAVE NOT BEEN THIS INSPIRED IN SOOOOOO LONG. IM SO GLAD I SAW THIS TODAY I REALLY NEEDED IT. STAY UP TONY!!!!

  9. Bergerbot says:

    November 24, 2009 at 10:06 pm(#)

    he is lucky to have such loving friends and family

  10. Rawkkiddo says:

    November 25, 2009 at 11:47 am(#)

    I just showed this to my class of fifth graders and was amazed by their responses. With all the crap that is happening in the world, its stuff like this that brings a smile to my face.

  11. Townie says:

    November 25, 2009 at 2:28 pm(#)

    Wow. No more complaining about life for me. When Tony can do this we can all be doing a lot more. Thanks for sharing this.

    Townie

  12. Breezy says:

    November 29, 2009 at 2:16 pm(#)

    This is fucking phenomenal. Never take what you have for granted.

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