Something Tells Us Blackstock Didn't Write The Title Of This Book

You don't really need to have an opinion on whether autistic art is accidental art or if that means anything. You don't have to recognize Seattle as a nexis of outsider art from the galleries to the stones stacked in Fremont. You just have to check out this short interview in the Morning News with Gregory Blackstock and then page through his book of visual lists that includes various feats of sorting like "The Great American Wasps," "The Miscellaneous Tools," and "The Noisemakers."

TMN: I heard that you play your accordion a lot around Seattle—is it a good city for performing outdoors?

GB: Oh yeah, I always do. I had a real good time last Saturday at the pre-game for the Seattle Mariners. But when I go to the football games, I know it's not safe for me during the post-game period. It's just too wild and too rowdy. They make me just furious and just frustrated when they bang on my accordion keyboard and manhandle my accordion, those scoundrels. I'll tell you sir, I know what to do with those scoundrels!

The book is Blackstock's Collection: The Drawings of an Artistic Savant.