What if Sh were an artist like Glenn Gould?

I mean really. as Prince might say. You know what I’m talking about?

Stratford upon Avon was as remote from London as Canada is from Europe. He had a singular personality, a massive talent for renewing the old in his chosen field, he neither sought nor craved the limelight. All qualities POSSIBLY shared by Oor Wullie.

But the biggest factor for me is that he influenced the generation that followed him just as he broke away from the generation before him. Knowing some would not like what he did. Knowing some would and run with it.

Listen to him on the Art of the Piano.

If only we had this for Shakes on the Art of Verse Writing, hmmm?
Or this?

Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould.
Directed by Michele Hozer and Peter Raymont.
Now Playing in Canadian Theatres
Bravo! broadcast on March 29, 2010

“A must see film” – Variety

“Genius Within is the most complete portrait yet of this complex artist.”
– Peter Howell, Toronto Star

Intimately revealing the man behind the myth, Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould casts a fresh light on the mysterious artist whose ideas were as controversial, and his private life as passionate, as his music.

The film features never-before seen footage of Gould, photographs and excerpts from his private home recordings and diaries, plus personal memories from Gould’s most intimate friends and lovers, some who have never spoken about him publicly before.

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