in touch with him and figuring out what he actually wanted to do. he had been drawing on canvas , but when lonnie was unable to afford it anymore, he started working with cardboard. sometimes even taking it from the garbage. he move seamlessly from two-dimensional drawings to three-dimensional sculptures. where do you get your cardboard? from the neighbors. from your neighbors you get it? the neighbors give me their cardboard. is there any building that you want to sculpt or create? that you haven t yet? that you are thinking about? is. what building. i was thinking about making something taller. he was working like this in his front yard one day when a neighbor posted a picture on
lonnie tried to get his son help , but they had no idea what campbell was going through. eventually he was diagnosed wit autism and he was still struggling to communicate until one day he discovered something that would change their relationship and his life forever. tell me about the first time you noticed his unique talent? the first time i noticed his talent would be living in montgomery county and we were moving out of an apartment in a noticed event hanging off of th wall, i went to adjust the vent and pieces of paper came out an there had to be over 100 pieces of paper that he had hidden in the event. as i started to unravel the papers i saw they were images o superhero that they drew. it was one hero in a bunch of villains. the thing that struck me the most is one of the villains looked like me.
someone with a disability. as an artist, does he comprehen that? no. his art takes the focus away from his rage. he turned his rage into creatin cardboard paintings. he is just constantly moving. he would move his hands constantly. that was when one of the things i saw in him as far as being able to help them come out let put something in those hands, w put the tools he needed to create in his hands and he is a master at what he desperate. his journey would nip impossible without the devotion and love of a father who refuse to give up on him. lonnie saul the way forward when the educational system had pretty much given up. this is another reason to honor what art can do. art has empowered him.