and, after a lifetime of training, he understood how this could be taught and practiced. growing up, i was an army brat who moved around a great deal as a child. it’s led to crazy things like me making more artichokes. he inspired some of us to risk our lives and others to even give their lives – if necessary – for the cause of freedom. drawing not only involves what the pencil is doing on paper, but also what is going on in the brain between the mark-making. 