 I always think of my time at Fairfield as sort of like having been in this really precious bubble where I didn't have to worry about any of the external forces that sort of batter you about like a storm, like a ship at sea when you are out in the world trying to make a career as an artist. I know from friends who went to other schools that from day one of being in a program that's a very high profile you tend to feel that pressure. Many of them at least have expressed that to me and I certainly didn't feel that here at Fairfield. I felt like I was allowed to take all the time in the world and breathe and learn and have fun and just sort of luxuriate in my time here. I never felt like there was this ticking clock or I wasn't focused on, oh well this person graduated two years ago and they're already doing this or they're already doing that so I have to you know that it just it didn't exist on that plane for me and I find that for me learning happens much better in those kinds of environments so it was a huge gift for me.