When I started University and was 18 I had full intention of medical school and then becoming a surgeon. What is funny, is my mother and my family always said,"Oh you'll be an artist". But, for me, I felt this drive to medicine, mainly because as child with my love of animals I was always reading about experiments and enjoying sciences. And of course, all the while, drawing and doing art.

I remember saying "My job will be science my art will be my hobby" and yet here we are and my art has been my job in many ways. I gave up science my sophomore year and went to Art History, still not willing to go completely to art school, as I felt the academia of the thing had more merit.

I think my Mother, Now gone some years, always knew I was designed for a more bohemian existence than a strict life in the sciences. It's funny that others can see in us our true hearts sometimes more than we ourselves can.