While researching all things “sleep”, I came across an article about Lee Hadwin, who is just fascinating! Lee is a “sleep artist” and even though he has no inclination towards being an artist when awake, he draws fabulous works of art in his sleep.
Lee has been a sleepwalker since the age of four and started drawing in his sleep 14 years ago. “It started out just being scribbles everywhere, and I still do scribbles from time to time. But then I started doing proper artwork, really complicated things. Without the video footage we have got, I wouldn’t have a clue I was doing it.”
The interest in Lee’s work has been building with galleries around the work keen to show his work.
The article that sparked my interest was written by the North Wales Post where Lee lives, about Lee doing his bit recently for charity, http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2009/05/05/sleep-artist-does-his-bit-for-charity-55578-23540823/
If you are interested in this fascinating sleep artist, see his website at http://www.leehadwin.com/?p=118
A story such as this brings home to me just how little we know about sleep and its effects on the body and mind. Please let me know your thoughts.