02281cam a2200337 4500 2357469995 TxAuBib 20110804120000.0 100721s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2010030162 9781439143100 hardcover : alk. paper 1439143102 hardcover : alk. paper 9781439143117 trade pbk. : alk. paper 1439143110 trade pbk. : alk. paper (OCoLC)646112906 DLC DLC IG# BTCTA YDXCP QDK LIV MOF MLY IK2 BUR LF3 CDX TxAuBib Nutt, Amy Ellis. Shadows bright as glass [BOOK] : the remarkable story of one man's journey from Brain Trauma to artistic Triumph / by Amy Ellis Nutt. Accidental artist and the search for the soul. New York : Free Press, 2011. x, 272 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-259) and index. Thin as a thread -- A thousand screaming baboons -- Rolling the dice -- Six cups of fluid and tissue -- Building a life -- Code blue -- The mechanical mind -- Two halves -- Absolve me -- Puzzle pieces -- Adrift -- A haunted house -- The ghost and the ice pick -- A double consciousness -- The accidental artist -- Proceed with abandon -- Bridging the imaginable -- Art boy -- The inner savant -- Blindsight -- Seeing is believing -- Senses and sensibilities -- The imagination instinct -- Ghosts of the present -- The extended self -- Boltflash -- Working in the dark -- Things speak for themselves -Richard's gift -- Infinity on trial -- The loquacious brain -- Finding Tommy -- Best friends -- Unbound -- Flawed words, stubborn sounds. Alternates descriptions of the most cutting-edge brain science with the story of Jon Sarkin, a mild-mannered chiropractor who, after suffering a massive stroke, became a manic, volatile, and brilliant artist. 20110804. Sarkin, Jon 1953- Health. Sarkin, Jon 1953- Psychology. Cerebrovascular disease Patients United States Biography. Brain Hemorrhage Patients United States Biography. Artists Psychology.