batu

if there's anything i've learned from watching "star wars", it's this...
everyone needs an obiwan.
or a yoda.
or even just a mentor.

and i have one.
batu.
seriously, his name was batu.
he was my intermediate drawing professor.

really all he ever did was compliment my drawings a lot in a really thick mongolian accent.
but that's kind of yoda-ish, right?

the point is, he made me want to be an artist. later on, i had so many insane professors who told me my contour drawings were not up to par, and i had no handle on what cubism was, and once a professor walked up behind me and said, "gosh! you SUCK today!"...

but somewhere in the back of my mind i could here batu saying, "ooooohhhhh.... so beauteefull! so deleecut."
it was my own little, "use the force the luke" mantra.