Outsider art was a term coined in 1972 by British art historian Roger Cardinal. It was a roughly equivalent but more inclusive coinage for art brut (raw art), a 1940s label by Jean Dubuffet for work by inmates of insane asylums, which the French artist described as “unscathed by artistic culture … and the conventions of classical or fashionable art”. And today the term is increasingly applied to others on the margins of art and society: the homeless, ethnic minorities, migrants, folk artists, the self-taught and artists with disabilities or mental illness, .
Its not easy being different – ‘The odd one’. Being different means that you don’t blend in completely with the status quo, that you don’t perfectly fit in to the everyday jigsaw of life. It means that what works for and applies to others does not always work for or apply to you. To express the feelings in such world is difficult and yet there are many who boldly do so and they take-up this identity and create it into something beautiful.
This post sneaks a peak and more on the world of art created by the outsider artists who are disabled or differently abled.
Ever heard about Synesthete? Synesthesia is a perceptual phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway. People who report a lifelong history of such experiences are known as synesthetes ( Wikipedia). In simpler terms synesthetes can taste sounds, smell colors or see scents, and research proves these people experience reality differently.
My sources are guardian (theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/oct/01/outsider-art-melbourne-mainstream-moment), artsy.net and youtube videos
Celestle 
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