I was 31 when I started my undergrad degree at a state school with a decent print program and a lot of equipment I wanted  to use.  I had to take a lot of required courses, including an intro to 2D design that mostly frustrated me because I didn’t understand what the teacher was attempting to demonstrate and because it was some of what I wanted to learn in college. The basics.  I dreaded that class. But I learned a few things:

1)composition and design elements are easier to understand once you start teaching them 

2)collage collage collage and

3)I have everything I need to start making art. You do too. Fancy equipment is nice and helpful and experimentation is key. But don’t let that stop you from working with what you have.

This is probably my all time best selling postcard , printed in my first days as an intern at San Francisco Center for the Book . Thanks for letting me reminisce—it reminds me how far I’ve come.