Barefoot were born with no arms. Similarly, in 2008, Jessica Cox became the first person with no arms to use her bare feet to fly an airplane. There are armless artists who use their bare feet to paint, including Simona Atzori, who is a dancer. Renowned Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie, who is almost completely deaf, always performs her concerts barefoot in order to feel the vibrations of her instruments and the orchestra accompanying her. There are risks and benefits associated with going barefoot. Footwear provides some protection from puncture wounds from glass, nails, rocks, or thorns as well as abrasions, bruises,
Nick Glennie-Smith Nick Glennie-Smith Nick Glennie-Smith (born 3 October 1951) is an English film score composer, conductor, and musician who is a frequent collaborator with Hans Zimmer, contributing to scores including that of the Academy Award-nominated 1994 animated film "The Lion King", the 1996 action film "The Rock", the 2006 historical movie "Children of Glory" and the 1993 spy thriller "Point of No Return". Glennie-Smith has also written the scores for the films "Home Alone 3", "The Man in the Iron Mask", "We Were Soldiers", "Secretariat", and the score for the Disney animated film "", "Lauras Stern", "Der kleine Eisbär 2 -