You know that moment when an adult you respect, sees you as a peer, another individual worthy of respect? One of the earliest of those moments came in the form of my art teacher giving me the freedom to pursue my own self directed projects during class time. So as is my modis operandi, I went to Pinterest or one of the many other art inspo image boards littering the internet to put a favorite in my own hand, and infallibly I chose this withering beauty.