![]() ![]() ![]() Interpreting manuscripts, having 32 pages to fill, and spending time with interesting characters appeals to me. After graduating, with a portfolio full of my favorite posters and flyers, I found magazine and advertising work as well. While at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, I began freelancing for children's theatres. I know better now, but back then, my imagination ran wild. So, when I walked through villages with my friends and saw people dressed in black carrying bundles of sticks on their backs, we were certain that they were witches. ![]() On Okinawa, the newspapers often reported ghost sightings. Standing in an ancient castle, it was easy to believe all the fairytales were true. Then we would visit castles along the Rhine River, climb overgrown stone staircases, and lean out of turret windows to look at the countryside. Our parents read us stories about fire-breathing dragons and princesses saved in the nick of time by clever princes. In Germany, I developed a love for fantasy. In grade school I even sold my ballerina drawings to classmates. I joined art clubs or the yearbook committee and volunteered to make posters for different events. My brother and sisters and I were always the 'new kids,' but I found that art helped me get to know my classmates. I don't remember going to the same school twice until I reached eleventh grade. My father was in the army when I was growing up. ![]()
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