Stephen Wiltshire draws Tokyo from memory

Added: Oct 2, 2006

Duration: 7:20

(www.stephenwiltshire.co.uk) One of Stephen's extraordinary abilities is to memorize landscapes up to the highest detail. During this flight he had a thorough look at the view of the Japanese capital from the helicopter including thousands of buildings, towers, high-ways, cars, buses, even down to intricate details of trees and windows. Following the 30 minutes ride Stephen seemed to be very excited and ready for the challenge.

Channel: Film

Tags: autistic drawing memory panorama savant stephen tokyo wiltshire

Rating: 4.86 (1334 ratings) Views: 504640' favoriteCount='2719 Comments: 25

jtwon315 Says:

Oct 23, 2008 - this guy has 1337 skillz

Klevastion Says:

Oct 26, 2008 - Very good job indeed !

Thsiscool Says:

Oct 26, 2008 - so awesome!!!

hswrestlr Says:

Oct 28, 2008 - I have never seen anything that amazing in my life. This man should be a sercet weapon for the Military. All he has to do is walk by or fly over some buildings and can draw out every detail. Does anyone know if you can buy his drawings?

Elitevideoboi Says:

Oct 28, 2008 - Thats amazing

yalc183 Says:

Oct 30, 2008 - I like how he can draw that whole thing from memory and then at the end almost forget the date lol this guy is amazing.

mezztubex Says:

Nov 6, 2008 - moreover he draws very well!!

MaTt3MaD Says:

Nov 6, 2008 - this guy is amazing and one great artist

DinkyMax Says:

Nov 7, 2008 - Well he's been there for 7 days, he lost notion of time a bit for the date...but DAMN that dude is crazy...how can he memorize all this...it's unbelievable

Y2K38 Says:

Nov 9, 2008 - i think this guy has photographic memory

fad0881 Says:

Nov 11, 2008 - memorize is one thing, recalling it is one thing.. drawing it is one thing and have the patience on it is the last thing that i possibly could not have lol... Amazing.. how beautiful the mind is.

freedfighter96 Says:

Nov 16, 2008 - This is awsome and wuts the song?

bedsandbellies Says:

Nov 16, 2008 - How can he do what we can all do?What makes him so different.How does his mind connect with his senses?Can he himself explain his own creativity?Is this a family trait or does he express any other intellectual affluences? What a beautiful Mind but when he looks at his tapestry of Toyko does he distinguish the six days of time between his starter locations or see the scape as just one frieze of light at the same time?

forgotmypassword3 Says:

Nov 17, 2008 - how could you say that he's stuck in a world of his own? he sees the world perfectly.

permarker Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - oh really??

driz27 Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - i wud like to buy that drawing if its reasonable..

Pavor26Nocturnus Says:

Nov 22, 2008 - he's fantastic

sandraabiatchx Says:

Nov 22, 2008 - wow

BENJAMINEK0 Says:

Nov 23, 2008 - Oh my god, tht s rlly huge, i dont believe my eyes

hppop1 Says:

Nov 23, 2008 - he's a sevant a sevant is a his everyday knowledge has been sacrificed for his outrageous talents photographic memory and illustration

mjag1988 Says:

Nov 24, 2008 - The Savant Syndrome(savantism) is the name of the disease. The causes are not yet clear. You can also search for Kim Peek, a savant, who can memorise an entire phonebook, but he's not able to tight his shoes. Stephen is one of the less afeccted with autism of all the savants in the world.

jetaimemina Says:

Nov 28, 2008 - Who wouldn't..

maxdesu Says:

Nov 29, 2008 - you must mean savant

cynthia1981 Says:

Dec 1, 2008 - Simply beautiful. I am truly appreciative of someone with such skill. Incredible

BlackDreadBoy Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - how in the hell is this possible?