- Being raised in the circus - The importance of the the story behind the work - The difficulty of changing styles and techniques - Staying in one place and building a career - The ebb and flow of a creative career - The beauty of handwriting - Storing artwork - Having career goals - Competitiveness does not assist creativity - Pretty is not a dirty word - The desire for stability - Working in the film industry People + Places mentioned: Sheril Cunning - https://www.amazon.com/Books-Sheril-Cunning/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3ASheril+Cunning Eishirō Abe - https://japan-sanin.com/en/tanken/page013.html Helen Frankenthaler - https://www.frankenthalerfoundation.org/artworks/paintings Cellulose Acetate Butyrate (CAB) - https://www.eastman.com/Pages/ProductHome.aspx?product=71001227&pn=Cellulose+Acetate+Butyrate+-+CAB-381-0.5 Wayne Thiebaud - http://www.artnet.com/artists/wayne-thiebaud/ Cameron Art Museum - https://cameronartmuseum.org/ DREAMS of Wilmington - http://dreamswilmington.org/ Masami Teraoka - https://www.masamiteraoka.com/ Romare Bearden - https://beardenfoundation.org/ Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory & Educational Foundation - https://www.morganconservatory.org Deborah Velders - https://www.mobilemuseumofart.com/about/staff/ Chang and Eng Bunker - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_and_Eng_Bunker https://newelementsgallery.com/artists/fritzi-huber/