I've been discussing teaching a lot lately. I have many short-coming when it comes to teaching. I know this. I stumble with words, I get going on tangents and I sometimes forget what I'm trying to say. I understand that my being a teacher to others is sometimes a very comical thing. But....one thing I do think I'm good at is seeing potential in my students and trying to help them develop that. Its not always easy to find that potential and sometimes I feel like a failure with certain students, but others I see it right away and do what I can to really push it in them to explore their ideas. This semester I met Jack Conant. I don't think I did much here, but when Jack told me his ideas I simply just said go for it and offered my advice the best I could. Jack is an artist. He's a math major, but he is an artist. The constraints of a semester are his only obstacle, his ideas are bigger than a time frame. I took this picture of Jack in front of his first project in my class. The piece was then accepted into the juried art show and received a purchase award. Meaning he sold his first photography project. Jack is entertaining and a very solid thinker in artistic endeavors. I look forward to seeing what he accomplishes in the future and hope I don't get in his way with my suggestions and feedback. Photograph by Richard Sayer