I was having that dream again, the good one where we're all in heaven and never heard of Treegap.

Don't fear death, fear the un-lived life

Like all magnificent things, it's very simple.

The way I see it," Miles went on, "it's no good hiding yourself away, like Pa and lots of other people. And it's no good just thinking of your own pleasure, either. People got to do something useful if they're going to take up space in the world.

I grew up wanting only to be an illustrator. I studied art at Laurel School in Cleveland and at Smith College.

My mother was an artist, and I was fairly good at art as a child. I was always the best drawer in class, except in second grade when an artistic genius passed through our school!