I am not real religious but this girl raised in an atheist family makes you think.

Typical Catholic propaganda, next

Hm...she received visions from God...then turned it into a money making scheme. Doesn't sound like a very decent person to me =\ watch out for false prophets.

prophets = profits

Making sense into dollars ;)

I am not sure about the money aspect but, when she was 4 I am sure that money wouldn't have came into it. Maybe Mom and Dad decide to make some money off of her art, But like I said I am not real religious so it could be she hit the DNA jackpot. Another aspect is there have been people that have had some type of accident happen to them and then be able to do things that they couldn't even imagined before. Could be that we all have abilities that for some reason we just can't reach. When they studied Einstein's brain they couldn't find any difference then any other brain.

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Woke up one day when she was four?

Do you have ANY grasp of what a child is like at the age of four?

They are not exactly having complex thoughts, nor would her artwork be any result of the "doctrines" of Atheism.

She would not have any heavy influence from their parents as far as religion goes unless the parents made a heavy attempt at instilling atheism. Atheists are not this zealous in almost any situation.

She was four ffs, her being raised in any kind of family doesn't really make much difference and shouldn't be part of your critical thought processes when using her case as an example of influence of a higher power.

Sometimes I think that religious people have been trained and led for so long, that they will literally believe anything both true and false, to satisfy their own shallow "faith".

disgusting, smug little wench. Same type of person who leads a parasitic evangelistic church. You just wait and see..

Hmmm Judge much?

Oh geez . . . what sappy drivel. And the very end of that video - ick.

First of all, how do you know the parents are atheist?

This girl has been seriously, sadly brainwashed, pure and simple.

NO CHILD can develop that kind of "mindset" without direct influence from religious zealots.

So she paints - the paintings are good (why so many black kids?), but there are a lot of children who display incredible talents when they're young. If she wants to believe her talent is a gift, that she's blessed, more power to her!

But to spout that kind of ultra-religious fanaticism is always, always, disturbing . . . and when the source of that fanaticism is a child, it is disturbing multiplied.

" I SEEN"

shrill all you like
this child is gifted
and can see god
if she didn't
her artwork would be of a different nature...
i saw god when i was that age too
it's everywhere

I certainly have a grasp of what a child is like at the age of four. I remember nearly everything from that age, at it has been collaborated by several people. Four year olds can have complex feelings, have thoughts completely antithesis to their parents (I did).

They aren't all drooling hair-pulling Sesame Street watching morons.

I still think she isn't talented, and is simply exploited and hyped by old ass hole losers.

When you look at age 4/5/6/7 someone was TRAINING her to paint and sketch ffs

God is a handsome white man with a neatly trimmed beard.

How funny, the only other thing than GLP is the artakiane site I just opened. Then I read this title, and I thought it must be her. Too funny. My friend posted photos of her daughter and I was telling her how much she resembles Akiane, so I went to the site to see if she has any new work posted. Her writings are really profound and thought provoking, too. It's been amazing to watch her expression in art evolve along with her as she grows older, and becomes a young woman.

I dont listen to children for any guidence