Recently on CNN I caught a video showcasing the story of a very gifted 12-years-old artist named Akiane Kramarik. There have been several young artists in the past, but I find Akiane rather unique.
What makes Akiane so fascinating is not so much how well she paints, but rather the subject of her work and her inspiration. Akiane claims to have met God when she was just 3. He told her that she needs to paint and help the less fortunate. He also noted that he’d be there to guide her along the way.
It gets more bizarre when you discover that her mother is an Atheist and her father a recovering Catholic. Religion was never discussed in the house and the kids are all home schooled.
Before you write her off as a freak, watch the report below, read this, and take a look at her art.
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Hey, Akiane’s mom, try to stop astroturfing here and tell your daughter to paint something other than stinky Kenny L.
Whether or not Akiane is painting Kenny Loggins let us see how good you are at painting Kenny Loggins
To gasmonso. It is sad that people have become so devoid of any spirituality or love to the extent they cannot appreciate such beauty and talent. I wondered a little how a child could paint such beauty but reason that no one could envision these things without divine inspiration. God is Love and the artist of beauty is a child of Love who belongs to God.
Hey, Akiane’s mom, try to stop astroturfing here and tell your daughter to paint something other than stinky Kenny L.
Better lay off those spirits too. Cheesy art still stinks.
Rachel Deans, I think you are tying some unsupported (and unjustifiable) assumptions to an observation in a pretty sneaky way. Linking this girl’s supposed talent (and even then, based on website pictures) to a god is a strange, unsupported leap, when at the same time such a god chose to give her such a “gift”, but not to so many millions of other kids. You’d have to more reasonably conclude that any creator entity is either unfair, or else now utterly benign or no longer existent, or else never has existed. Nor do you have any support underlying your insertion of “spirituality”, which I think is a suspect term to begin with. Pretty sneaky sleight of hand you inserted there. Stay away from my card table please.
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have some respect at least, the fact all of you seem to jump on the kenny logan joke bandwagon shows less than dash, and also an incapacity to make think for yourselves. Have any of you even stopped to consider that this really is something that is currently eluding rational explanation? I know some of you really don’t like the idea of god because you see it as ignorant, but from where i stand on the fence you look no better than religious extremists, just on the opposite end of the curve. Two things are true, she is a child prodigy and that her art is fantastic, i would like to see any of these commenters to square off their art against hers. If i could afford it, regardless of wether or not i believe, i would totally buy her art. The talent, composition and colours are pleasing to the eye. Loosen up people.
Who is “kenny logan”, and why are you so stupid? Too much “pilotes” shake your brain up?
“to make think for yourselves” -too funny
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So, really, why does she keep painting Kenny Loggins? His music is sooooooo stinky…
These are beautiful insights and revelations of God and heaven. Our God is awesome to work through a child in such an amazing way. I am inspired, strengthened, and encouraged by your work Akiane. Keep drawing and being used by God to communicate of him to the world. I appreciate the gift of God in you!!
Jesus is real!
OK, I lied. Nothing in the paintings is any proof of anything divine.
Some girls just like guys with beards. Even if they play cheesy music like Kenny Loggins. He can be Jesus to me.
So, really, why does she keep painting Kenny Loggins? His music is sooooooo stinky…
Hold your nose for sure. Kenny Loggins’ music really reeks. Why does Akiane keep painting that stinker anyway?
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