On Global Accessibility Awareness Day today, consider this uncommon painting. If you"re seeing brightly colored flowers against a multihued backdrop, you"re experiencing something the painter of today"s Bing homepage image hasn"t fully seen since he was a young boy, before a brain tumor damaged his optic nerve. Today, Jeff Hanson is a successful artist who only vaguely sees shapes and colors. Although legally blind, he"s developed a unique tactile process that helps him feel his compositions by first plastering the canvas with a thick plastic goop. Once that hardens, he uses the plastic ridges to navigate a piece, lending the composition form so he can add his signature vibrant color. He playfully calls each painting "a sight for sore eyes" and sells his art to appreciators like Warren Buffett, Elton John, and other collectors. Yet, one of the most creative aspects of Hanson"s life is the way he"s had to develop assistive methods to paint.
A visionary artist paints his own garden view
Today in History
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					On the Route of the Waterfalls
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					The old guard at Old San Juan
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					20 years later
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					International Lighthouse Weekend
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					75 years of the United Nations
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					Happy International Zebra Day!
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					Southern lights for Antarctica Day
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					The eloquence of elephants
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					Observing a squirrelly day
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					A prison fit for a count
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					Welcome to Scotland s garden
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					Alaska moose
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					And they’re off!
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					In the valley of the doll
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					Vila Franca Islet, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
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					Bobbing for crab apples
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					Ahh-tumn
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					White dunes, blue lagoons
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					Autumnal equinox
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					Marshland, Gloucester, MA
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					Inhale and exhale, it’s Yoga Day
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					Hidden beauty in Thailand
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					To the 155th on the 155th
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					Paper lanterns on the longest night
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					Dunluce Castle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
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					The party’s just starting
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					Humpback whales in Maui, Hawaii
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					Maloja, Switzerland
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					Happy Star Wars Day!
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					The Sky Over Nine Columns in Venice, Italy
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