few months ago I set out to paint a picture. I sat there with a blank canvas, paints, and brushes and imagined how beautiful the end result would be. I could already envision it hanging in my room, displayed proudly for all to see. But as the painting progressed, I began to realize that the beautiful painting in my head was likely to stay only in my imagination. The colors were ugly, the image was misshapen, and the image was taking on a disturbing resemblance to a child’s finger painting. By the time I was finished, it was truly awful.