Source : Google photo of Akiane Kramarik
We have heard of child prodigies in many countries who can
do extraordinary things like singing, playing musical instruments, do
complicated mathematics or painting. They are the gifted children who show
their extraordinary talent at an age when most children play with their toys
and babble incoherent words or may draw some crude sketches with their crayons
that their parents show around with great pride.
Rarely such children amount to anything more than ordinary
no matter what their parents think of them. They are not born with the gift
that the prodigies have that sets them apart from others. Some children given
the opportunity to learn to sing, play instruments or paint or do other things through
tutoring, special schools in their late teen age period may show some promise
but they are not called the prodigies.
The prodigies are rare. They manifest their talents at an
early age that takes the world by surprise like the child called Akiane
Kramarik in this blog that I was compelled to write as if she was demanding to
be noticed. She did no such thing but a gifted child like her could never
remain anonymous and unnoticed no matter where and under what circumstances she
was born. At first such children are like rare uncut diamonds that people do
not recognize but their brilliance bursts into the cognizance as if the unseen hand of a diamond
polisher brings it out in all its radiance and glory.
Their parents play the initial crucial role as mentor to
the child who give her all the help she needs and encourage the prodigy to grow
into his or her full potential. If they are poor then they try the best they
can to provide such help like in the case of Akiane by making great sacrifices
to do so.
Akiane was born poor in a family of other siblings in Illinois where her parents struggled to feed them, clothe them and provide the basic
necessities for them because they were jobless most of the time and could
barely keep their heads above water. The constant persecution by neighbors who
called them atheist did not help them either but they struggled on and kept
helping their gifted child Akiane no matter what difficulties they endured.
Akiane and her siblings wore shabby clothes, had no toys to
play with so they made their own, slept huddled together to ward off cold weather and suffered all the
deprivations the poor people suffer anywhere in the world but the harsh cold
weather of Illinois made it worse. They did not complain and formed strong bonds
with their struggling parents and siblings and got some lessons through home
schooling.
At first people who saw the paintings of Akiane displayed
in some local art galleries did not believe that it was done by a child because
no one believed that a child could produce such art in such dazzling colors and
in such a professional way that the professional artists take years to learn in
expensive art schools.
But Akiane was an extraordinary child who knew by her
instinct what colors to choose and how to mix them and apply them to bring
out most amazing results on canvas or paper. She would often paint for 20 hours
without eating, sleeping or resting to the chagrin of her parents but they left
her alone to do what she loved best. She said that she often had visions of her
subject or saw them in the clouds or in the nature that she started to put on
canvas. No one had ever taught her about color, the composition and the skill
of sketching. She was born with this miraculous gift.
Once she had a vision that she must paint a portrait of
Jesus but did not know what he could have looked like so she wished with all
her heart to give her a model. The very next day a tall and bearded handsome
fellow knocked on her door and said that he was a carpenter who was looking for
work.
The child by instinct knew that her prayers were answered
so she painted her first oil painting of the carpenter as Jesus and presented
it to an agent to place it in an art gallery. The agent realizing the value and
the sheer beauty of the painting promptly disappeared with it greatly shocking
the child but she kept on painting and at the young age of 12 became the sole
bread earner for her family. By this time the copies of her paintings were sold
for thousands of dollar in various art galleries that brought her to the
attention of Oprah Winfrey who literally introduced her to the world in her
show. Later other TV channels invited her as well so her name and fame spread
worldwide.
These are three videos that you should watch.
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Her parents became her full time managers and saved most of
her original paintings although a few of the originals were sold for hundreds
of thousands of dollars.
Here is just one painting done by her that won her great
acclaim but I have included her most famous artwork in the power point that you
will enjoy watching below.
Source : Google photos of Akiane's famous painting of Jesus
Here is the power point link I made to highlight her most impressive work so far .
https://1drv.ms/p/s!AmoX9W4gHulznEqZPJlanHyfDEZZ?e=PkyGUn
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