Thanks Donald. I never expected to hear a comment like that here since we were talking about the theme of the cover, but you made an interesting observation. In teaching it can help your credablilty with a lot of students when you can "practice what you preach". Over 30 years I heard that from students and their parents. It definitely helped my classroom management; once students confirmed that I was a professionally trained and practicing artist they seemed to pay more attention to me. That helped avoid discipline problems which sometimes occur when young people become dismissive or just plain bored. Don't get me wrong, as there are, for example, science teachers who run dynamic classes who aren't scientists, and knowledgeable social studies teachers who know their material and present it in an engaging fashion, etc. I'm just saying that being a teacher AND an artist really helped me personally with students and the school community at large.