"I began painting keeping busy as powerless to communicate young child. Without art, wafting smell of earth's pleasures would kite away to land of inanimate objects, so it's past point of personal hobby."

Looking back on his years of living in a closed institution for people labeled mentally retarded, Vermont-based autistic artist Larry Bissonnette assesses this form of "apartheid" as "better for growing vegetables than people."  This documentary from Oscar-nominated producer Douglas Biklen is filled with Bissonnette's humorous yet poignant assessments of his life- growing up, his family, and creating art.  Moving back and forth between speech, typing, and painting, Bissonnette's wit and insight punctuate a day in the life of this Outsider Artist, and artfully illustrate the complexities of expression.