I have always wanted to be an artist ever since I was a small child. When I was at school art was the only thing that I was any good at. Because I was dyslexic and it not being recognised at that time art was my only friend. I have this one memory of when I was just 4 years old. I was playing with some Lego and all I had done was put some of the Lego bricks on to one of those green bases it did't actually make anything in particular just a pile of Lego bricks but when the teacher saw what I had done she was very excited and praised me for what I had made. She made such a fuss about it I remember feeling very confused as no one had ever made such a fuss about anything I had done before. She was apparently so impressed with what I had done that she sent me to the headmistresses office and when I got there, the headmistress responded exactly the same way the teacher had done. The headmistress then took me down the corridor to where a chart was pinned to the wall on that chart was the names of all the kids in the school mine included. and beside each child's name there were different coloured stars.So as I stood there with the headmistress she got a gold star out of her pocket and put it next to my name. A gold star was the highest accolade that one could get. I think that day had a big impact on me because art as always been my companion throughout my life and has saved my life on more than one occasion.