Ronan's experiments with kinetic art revolved around the washing machine for a while.

He would wash different categories of things - but always stood on a stool and watched the whole process - from filling to spinning. And he would engage with it. Alter it.

Why do I call this kinetic art? I think autistic kids engage in a lot of kinetic art. Much of this is physical - kind of like non-neurotypical modern dance. I think Ronan was always sensitive to the world - autistic kids are - and yet he always engaged light and color and form and sound and texture to create these moving sculptures.

Maybe it was a form of self-therapy - I'd often be mesmerized by the swirling froth of color and sound that Ronan created. Again there is narrative - but of geometry and texture. A narrative of the physical forces of Ronan's world. To me this signifies a pure connection to the creative mind.