Last year during the end of school, I just had a vision of this bench sitting in space. And for once, I wanted to *draw* it, rather than write about it. But I didn't think myself capable of drawing. It's amazing how much a month in an art class can change you. I finally felt confident enough to draw it, and I'd been thinking about NaNoWriMo...so Richard was on my mind.

The image of viewing *anything* from the moon is also something that seems to be very prevalent in my written work -- I'm actually writing a college admissions essay about it.

Africa's the center of the globe because the first photo ever taken of Earth from space was taken at a time when that was the only portion of the globe that could be seen. I actually drew it from a picture I found in the newspaper a week or so ago (I cut it out because it was beautiful, not realizing that I would have a use for it). But when you look at it that way...that's an interesting way to perceive it, too. Thank you for thinking I'm intentionally beautiful.

I'm glad you like it. There are people who are so good that they should be made inexplicably happy every once in a while. You deserve it more than every once in a while -- I'm just working to get in my fair share!