Sometimes it requires a major event in order to bring out the artist hidden in some people. Moved by the tragic events of 11 March, 2011 (earthquakes, tsunami and nuclear power plant explosion of Fukushima) while living in Tokyo, Mademoiselle Maurice decided to start composing her artistic and urban works in connection with these facts.

Now based in Paris, Mademoiselle Maurice develops and creates in her mini play countless colorful works with the knowledge gathered from seeing things around and her past experiences. Using origami, lacing, embroidery and other mixed media, she gives birth to works inspired from her day-to-day life. The mediums of her art are paper and thread, she loves to shape these natural materials in a complex manner, thus creating beautiful artworks.

Our artist for the day is special and gifted in the real sense of the term.

Stephen Wiltshire, is a London-based artist who paints absolutely breath-taking detailed cityscapes.The catch with this gifted artist-cum-musician is he takes these small 20-minute helicopter rides or simply views city landscapes and architecture to reproduce it on canvass. And mind you these are not miniatures or hang-on portraits, but full fledged tapestry-sized drawing sheets.

While reviewing and reading about his works online, what baffled me the most was how people kept highlighting his autism in the course of his work. Personally, for me, Stephen's works speak so much for his talent that his "being special" should not really matter.