What was your first experience, if you can think of it, with art or feeling connected to art in some way, shape or form?

Well, I grew up an artist, so that was my path at a very early age.

I actually have a...

I was in the newspaper with my sister.

We were at a gallery painting outside and she's on one side of the easel and I'm on the other.

And...

You can see what I'm painting and it's very abstract.

Yeah,

Yeah.

Um, and so it's, now the feeling is it's like this big weight lifted of, you know, I have to, we don't have to worry about my dad anymore, 'cause it was a huge struggle.

He, that was like...

He, he had dementia, so that was...

Yeah.

Um, but yeah, I would say just appreciating life and, um, being able to kinda stand outside of, uh, stand outside and look in and see the, the truth and the reality of, like, this lifetime that we're in, and try to, try to appreciate, um, and try to live in the moment and appreciate, um, be grateful for what you have.

Wow.

I have another one on, on my site that's the same size.