Willard Wigan Indescribable !


	Willard Wigan Indescribable !
dmoonme1
8-24-2009 2:23 PM
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art, sculpture, willard wiagan
dmoonme1 says:
I say indescribable, because I don't want to limit my vocabulary of adjectives to wow!
The man is illiterate, but a genius just the same. An artistic genius, but I wonder that if someone had taken the time to try and educate him if he would not have become a great surgeon, perhaps the greatest surgeon of our day. Please view the video.
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