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EXPERIENCED RELATIVELY MILD SIDE EFFECTS AND MOST SAW SUBSTANTIAL HAIR GROWTH. OUR TOWER HERE, HE'LL TRAVELER HAS RECENTLY BEEN TRAVELING EAST. BUT TONIGHT WE FIND HIM IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. SCOTT MASON TAKES US ALL THE WAY TO BURNSVILLE AND YANCEY COUNTY WHERE HE MEETS A WACKY ARTIST AT THE YUMMY MUD PUDDLE. >> WE HAVE BROKEN WATCHES. THE ALWAYS SET THEM AT 5 O'CLOCK. THE COCKTAIL HOUR, A DRAWER FULL OF STUFF 1000. HE'S DOMINOES. PULL TABS. BOTTLE TOPS, SPARK PLUGS. SO IF YOU NEED LIKE BELL BOTTOMS, IT'S A GREAT 5 ON YOUR PIECE. THE CRAZY PIECES HE CREATE. WELL, ALIEN WOMEN. THESE ARE THE ALIEN WOMEN RIGHT HERE AND THE PETS OF THE ALIEN WHEN THESE PETS HAVE PETS. LITTLE ROBOT PEOPLE. AND IT TURNS OUT ON THE BOTTOM OF EACH ONE, THERE'S A HAIKU. 17 SYLLABLES LONG. MY FATHER WAS A BAKER. SO NATURALLY, I AM VERY WELL, BRAD AND JOHN RICHARDS IS ONE WACKY ARTES. THAT WOULD JUST BE A DECORATIVE PIECE. THAT'S IT. IT'S ART. DOES THAT HAVE TO DO A THING WOULD BE ITSELF. IT'S A CONVERSATION PIECE. LITTLE YEAH. PEOPLE SAY WHAT THE YOU SPENT MONEY ON THAT. AND THAT'S THE CONVERSATION RIGHT THERE. YA AND I GET THE MONEY. YES, WE DO. GO UP. >> DID I EVER GROW UP IS THE QUESTION? WELL, HE DID GROW UP TO BE A TEACHER BUT TINKERING. THAT'S WHAT MADE HIS EYES POP. WHAT LIT HIS CREATIVE FUSE AND JUST STARTED HUSTLING, YOU KNOW, GET OUT OF THE SUBWAY WITH HIS COACH IS GOING TO THE CITY GALLERY, WALK IN THE DOOR LIKE A STRAY DOG FEED ME. BUT I JUST NEVER LOOKED EVER REGRETTED THAT THE DOG HEADS OVER HERE. THE ONLY NORMAL THING I DO, WOLF, WOLF. WOLF, DOGS INSIDE THE DEER OUT SIDE. >> IT'S THE YUMMY MUD PUDDLE IN BURNSVILLE NORTH OF ASHEVILLE. ARE YOU ABLE TO MAKE A I BELIEVE I AM MAKING A IN COMPARISON TO DOCTORS AND LAWYERS. I SHOULD HAVE DIED YEARS AGO. JOHN IS THOSE ARE. 24 7. JOHN'S WIFE. AND SHE SHOOK MY HAND. AND I SAID, IF YOU WANT TO GET MARRIED, WHY DID YOU FINALLY SAY YES? >> I DON'T KNOW. IT'S INTERESTING. IT WAS A LEAP OF FAITH FOR BOTH OF US MARRIAGE AND ART. YOU NEED A HAND WITH THAT. I DO WOODBLOCK PRINT MAKING AND ALSO DO WOODBLOCK PRINT MAKING WITH COLLAGE ITS COLORFUL WORK. IT'S CRAZY WORK. HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY GET UP AT 5 O'CLOCK AND YOU KNOW, 6.15, YOU'RE DOWN HERE IN THE SANDBOX MAKING STUFF. >> WHY? BECAUSE I GOT AN IDEA. WHAT IDEA, WILLIE, THINK OF NEXT TO KNOW YOU'VE BEEN FED ALREADY >> BY THE WAY, HE'S IN UP A HOT DOG EVER SO HAPPY AS WHEN I'M IN MY SHOP I KNOW MY SWEETIE STILL LOVES ME. AND I GET TO SPEND A WHOLE DAY DOING SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY WON'T SELL. >> BUT I WANTED I'M INTRIGUED. >> YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT JOHN'S WORK AND HIS WIFE.