still learning

Centered on the floor, surrounded by books and papers, taking practice tests, re-reading chapters.

I think there was a calculator nearby, maybe a glass of water.

I don't know if this memory ever really existed. They say our memories are half true, at best.

But it made me want to study, too— to find the focus to learn and achieve.

And achieve, you did. Accountant. Fashion designer. Human resources. Digital artist. Just to name a few.

I learn of new things because of you: a new way to fold, a new craft to hone, a new e-ink operating system, a new piece of software, a new book of poems.

Maybe you were never studying on the floor. Maybe it was just at the table. Maybe there was no calculator. Maybe it was only a few pages and a book.

Maybe our memories are indeed half true. And yet you had a full career. You are an artist of many crafts.

You've been inspired. You have inspired. You are inspiring.