At my first art showing of this year, I was posed with the following questions, "What inspires you?" "Do you have a background in art?" "Where did you go to art school?" The story of my art education begins in adolescence. I will start with Mrs. Muse (actual name). Mrs. Muse was my middle school art teacher. She was the first teacher to inspire me to combine different media. For example, we once had an art project that involved painting hollow egg shells with acrylic. Another