Comments on: One-Legged Beggar Artist Draws Mona Lisa On Sidewalk

By: nemo

nemo — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:24:21 +0000

Drawing from memory the master piece of Art on the pavement in 40mins that should’ve taken 5-6 hours! Let me see you draw one.

By: nemo

nemo — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:06:19 +0000

This man has amazing talent. It is Very hard to draw from memory and very hard to draw on rough pavement. His hand writing is extremely good too. I respect this man as It is not easy to draw in front of many people.
The missing leg is about his mind power and determination. He didn’t look down on himself because he is handicapped. It’s much harder for a Chinese to show every body he is handicapped than a foreigner to do the same, because of the Chinese concept of face. He draws the mona lisa from memory, so It’s okay that is not 100% likeness.

By: Joe #2

Joe #2 — Mon, 11 May 2009 10:10:07 +0000

When you put it that way, I don’t blame him. I wish this poor beggar, whom I shall probably never meet, all the best.

By: juntao

juntao — Mon, 11 May 2009 03:48:58 +0000

>I think most would not be thinking “I wonder what a foreigner thinks?”, as opposed to “that’s good/bad/ugly”

one comment mentions what a foreigner thinks and you go off on a rant?

By: Swiss James

Swiss James — Mon, 11 May 2009 03:46:54 +0000

I believe WineSoloSpunk was taken.

By: skeptical

skeptical — Mon, 11 May 2009 03:42:32 +0000

No, he’s spouting mindless rhetoric based on easily digestible and false assumptions that many Chinese hold as gospel truth. Foreigners = rich, therefore foreign street performers = rich. Of course, anyone who has ever known a street performer – even in a rich Western country – knows how preposterous such a statement is.

I’d like to see an expose of a Chinese crackhouse on here some time. I expect a Chinese netizen to chime in with:

“Why is it that all the crack addicts in our crackhouses are poor, and are beggars,
while foreigner crack addicts all have so much money,
so pitiful, we need to diligently build our country.”

By: skeptical

skeptical — Mon, 11 May 2009 03:35:46 +0000

Well, the difference is that the foreigners are in China at the time, so it’s natural to make comparisons, seeing as they’re in a different place. When the “foreigner” is at home (and perhaps is an individual who has never been abroad) – and sees a spectacle such as the above – I think most would not be thinking “I wonder what a foreigner thinks?”, as opposed to “that’s good/bad/ugly”

The constant comparison between “China” and “foreign” seems to be a peculiarly Chinese trait.

By: VeerLeft

VeerLeft — Mon, 11 May 2009 03:35:28 +0000

Seems like he should have a nice seat and someone should pay him to replicate famous paintings from all over the world…then sell them to the tacky nouveau-riche in this place.

By: yellow master race

yellow master race — Sat, 09 May 2009 21:37:36 +0000

1: why is he one-legged?
2: where is a police? why is this tollerated?
3: where are local comunity leaders? why dont they their work?
4: why is his picture so ugly? Mony Lisa was never a male transvestite.
5: ahhhh.. crap.. i am borred..

By: Coppice

Coppice — Sat, 09 May 2009 13:46:29 +0000

Dear Mr V. W.

As one English gentleman to another, I have to ask why you would use use a name that very much evokes an image of onanism every time I see it…

Sincerely,
Coppice