2. Create Works Of Art
www.leehadwin.comLee Hadwin (pictured above), a Welsh-Australian nurse, has been drawing in his sleep since he was four years old. Over three decades later, hes parlaying his talent into international recognition and a second career. The trouble is, he says he has no talent for or interest in art during his waking life and he never has. As a young man, Hadwin claims to have drawn doodles and sketches on whatever was to hand while asleep, waking to find the finished artwork nearby with no memory of having created it. After a while, he says that he began noticing an improvement in the quality of the work, as his proficiency grew and his sleeping self displayed evidence of a genuine talent. We use words like claims and says here, because Hadwin has his fair share of skeptics around the world, people who dismiss his mysterious sleep-sketches as the work of a scam artist. There are also plenty of critics who reckon that, actually, his somniart (see what we did there?) isnt all that good. Nonetheless, Hadwins been busily engaged in monetising his gift in the last few years. Hes been featured on BBC and Sky News, and has his own website up at
www.leehadwin.com. We recommend you check the man out for yourself before passing judgment, because remember: there are more things in Heaven and Earth