According to the following recent article: - The injuries damaged the left side of his brain and impaired his short-term memory and language skills, among other things. But because the left side of my brain was so damaged, the right side worked twice as hard, Johnson said. Art became an obsession. I could not stop doing it.
http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/arts/armory-art-center-names-first-emerging -artist-981070.html
