If one was looking for an example of how human creativity can overcome physical disability, then surely the story of Frenchman Jean-Dominique Bauby, former editor-in-chief of Paris Elle who literally blinked out the masterpiece The Diving Bell and the Butterfly comes quickly to mind. After being paralysed from a massive stroke, Bauby was literally ‘locked in’ – a condition where the mind is alert, but the body unable to function. Bauby’s paralysis was so extreme that he was actually unable to move or speak, and he dictated his soul-wrenching book through the movements in a single eyelid.
The Drake Music Project: a transforming technology
Within the world of music, aspirations to liberate creativity from its bodily confines can be found in the life transforming work of the Drake Music Project – a charity that ‘uses music technology to create opportunities for people with physical disabilities to explore, compose and perform music’. Without doubt, this charity has opened a window on life for those robbed of movement and voice throug
28 Jan 2004
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