Painting Series by Jean-Sebastien Choo, Self-taught Autistic Artist #6— Heart of My Spirit

Heart of My Spirit (12 x 12 in, water color and poster color, canvas panel, SGD180 + shipping)

Sebastien is a self-taught, unguided autistic artist who currently lives in Bali, Indonesia — a natural and community-oriented environment that is suited to his sensitive temperament than his previous urban existence.

“Neurotypicals often lament that “non-verbal” autistic individuals, i.e., those who do not converse with formal languages (including sign language), like Sebastien, my autistic son, do not communicate.

What if the truth is that they communicating in multiple creative and innovative languages with their unique codes that we are too blind to notice, because of our own reliance on formal language systems?”

Read more: Speaking with Body and Paintings: The Language of My Autistic Son. https://www.amotherswish.com.sg/single-post/speaking-with-body-and-paintings-the-language-of-my-autistic-son

Read more: Sebastien, My Autistic Son, is Art Therapy (https://www.amotherswish.com.sg/single-post/2020/07/30/sebastien-my-autistic-son-is-art-therapy). To see more artwork and support his future, go to amotherswish.com.sg