On Sept 15, Jamaal and I officially unveiled "A Coming of Age," our dual exhibit for Babson College. After months of painting and weeks of shipping painting, I had finally arrived on campus. It was so surreal. In the final days before the exhibit i flew up to Boston to set everything up and do the final touches. I flew in around 1 am on Tuesday night and hit the campus on Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday from 10 am to 10 pm and Thursday from 8 pm to 2 am. Putting up the 25

“Are you buying those?” a voice squealed over my right shoulder. I had spent the last three hours packed like sardines between two other artists. Over the pounding beats of the DJ, we each tossed out smiles and answers about our work to passerbys. Let’s just say it wasn’t my night. As the guys fielded questions, I ended up passing out more of their cards than my own. I was happy for them. Every now and then someone would stop and point and oooh or ahhhh at a one of the three