Andre Jordan is a British artist

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, writer

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 and poet

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. He is a regular columnist

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 on the BBC

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 disability

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 website, "Ouch!" and contributes art to the garden

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 blog

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 "A Way to Garden." He has his own website www.ABeautifulRevolution.com that showcases his verse and poetry and documents his struggles with depression. The site has received over two million hits. He is perhaps best known for his poem "Extraordinary Mind" and has two books in print: "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" and "If You're Happy and You Know It."