JAPAN - TOMIHIRO HOSHINO
Tomihiro Hoshino
Tomihiro Hoshino was a
24-year-old gymnastics teacher when he injured his neck demonstrating a double
somersault to his junior high school students. Since then he has been completely
paralyzed from the neck down. In a split second, he went from an active
life, enjoying gymnastics and mountain climbing, to lying motionless in Gunma
Orthopedic Hospital, where he remained for the next nine years. The next big turning point in Hoshino' life came in 1972, two years after his
accident. One of Hoshino's fellow patients was being transferred to a different
hospital and asked all the people in the ward to sign his canvas beach hat as a
momento. Paralyzed, Tomihiro was at a complete loss how to sign the hat, until,
with the help of his mother, he managed to hold a pen in his mouth and
painstakingly write "Tomo." Hoshino began to write poems and paint flowers, gradually developing his unusual
technique. He continued to paint until he had amassed enough work to hold a show. His first
exhibition opened in his hometown of Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, four months
before he was finally able to leave the hospital. He has produced hundreds of works, many of which have been published in
illustrated books of poems and essays.
Beautiful stamps.
Received from: Cockie
Tomihiro Hoshino was a
24-year-old gymnastics teacher when he injured his neck demonstrating a double
somersault to his junior high school students. Since then he has been completely
paralyzed from the neck down. In a split second, he went from an active
life, enjoying gymnastics and mountain climbing, to lying motionless in Gunma
Orthopedic Hospital, where he remained for the next nine years. The next big turning point in Hoshino' life came in 1972, two years after his
accident. One of Hoshino's fellow patients was being transferred to a different
hospital and asked all the people in the ward to sign his canvas beach hat as a
momento. Paralyzed, Tomihiro was at a complete loss how to sign the hat, until,
with the help of his mother, he managed to hold a pen in his mouth and
painstakingly write "Tomo." Hoshino began to write poems and paint flowers, gradually developing his unusual
technique. He continued to paint until he had amassed enough work to hold a show. His first
exhibition opened in his hometown of Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, four months
before he was finally able to leave the hospital. He has produced hundreds of works, many of which have been published in
illustrated books of poems and essays. 
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