I had the same art teacher from kindergarten through eigth grade, and between the two of us we know a little something about growth. She was the one who encouraged me to go to the Boston Arts Academy and the one to help me with my portfolio. As a little girl in kindergarten or the fisrt grade I would enter the art room at the Misson Hill School and my eye would always be drawn to this painting that there was of a cherry blossom tree. For some reason it stuck with me for this assignment. I associate that beautiful blossoming tree with a metaphor for our relationship. It has been around a long time and it only seems to get more beautiful.
