who am I?

• I am an artist
• I am an eighteen month old who paints himself with his mother's lipstick.
• I am a four year old who uses eye liner pencils to color because of their rich, robust pigment.
• I am a six year old who circles the block on his brand new bicycle after winning a coloring contest.
• I am a second grader who gains respect from peers because of an ability to draw.
• I am a fifth grader who discovers he needs everything around him to be visually pleasing at all times.
• I am a sixth grader who is not recognized for the gifted and talented program.
• I am a seventh grader taking his first formal art class.
• I am an eighth grader who builds every school project out of Lego bricks.
• I am a freshman who hates his art class.
• I am a sophomore who fails English, but excels in art.
• I am a senior who takes three art classes even though only one is offered.
• I am a college freshman who knows less than what he thinks.
• I am a college student struggling to understand why anyone needs any other class besides art to receive a degree in art.
• I am a college student who finishes with his Art for Elementary Teachers class and throws away all of his projects.
• I am a fifth year senior doing his student teaching.
• I am an elementary school art teacher who wishing he had all of his projects from his Art for Elementary Teachers class.
• I am a high school art teacher.
• I am a father who buys his son top-of-the-line art supplies.
• I am Eric Crabtree.
• I am an artist.