The Docubloggers Team Covers the 2009 SXSW Festival and features special moments from the Interactive, Film and music festival. Hear from SXSW producer Janet Pierson, and learn more about director Craig Brewer’s web only episodic, 5$ Cover.

I’m not an art critic, nor am I an expert. I can’t talk art history, and I can’t compare genres. I can, however, go to a museum and find myself moved by the images staring back at me from the walls. That’s how I appreciate art – by appreciating it. By letting it into my head to bounce around, and waiting to see what affects it triggers.

When I heard about Jared Dunten and how he paints with his mouth, I was impressed. When I saw what he painted, I was blown away. His art isn’t good because of how he paints. It’s great because Jared is an amazing talent.

What’s more, Jared himself is amazing. Paralyzed from the neck down, he finds comfort in his painting. He can’t move, but he can create, and the satisfaction received from that is universal. His goal is to paint himself out of his chair, and in the process of doing so, bring attention to a condition he hopes will one day be curable.

— Sean Cunningham producer of Docubloggers

Meet artist Jared Dunten who sets an inspirational example of hope as he shares his dream of overcoming paralysis through painting.  Super Pal Universe and Make Productions share their community docublog about the pizzazz it takes to put together a rock ‘n’ roll band consisting of a group of talented kids plus mentor Sara Hickman.  Witness some of the mind-boggling inventions from this fall’s maker faire, and hear from some of the inventors. Author Alison Moore and musician Phil Lancaster present Riders on the Orphan Train throughout Texas communities, and they share how their personal lives resemble this historic event.