Welcome Mr. Hemingway to the OPF. If you can't find your answer here directly, I am certain someone will be able to help you find your way indirectly.
I too spent some time looking at your website and I must say I was very glad that I did. We seem to have a little in common. I stress the word little and do not mean to compare you and your wonderful present condition with mine. I once had aspirations and direction that seem similar to the path you have traveled, however, for one reason or another, I strayed from that path and went off wildly into oblivion, while you stayed on the straight and narrow and finished what you started. At least for me, on the outside looking in, that is how I see it and I have always admired those that set their goals and followed through on them. I never quite seemed able to do that and it has always bothered me terribly.
I studied Computer Science and Engineering in Texas, back in the 70's, and thought I knew exactly what I wanted and how to get it. I did know but as I stated, I did not have the wisdom and discipline to follow through and achieve what I set out to achieve. You sir, had that discipline and drive, it seems, and have been able to reap the rewards that surely come with such an accomplishment. Just some of the looks in the student's eyes, and their intense interest and attention being paid to you and what is going on in those particular instances in their lives, brings back many fond memories. Not only were you able to teach and inspire, but you were also able to capture the moments photographically so that we could share them with you now. That is exceptionally cool.
I always thought of myself as an artistic and creative being. I believe those traits helped me succeed as much as I did in the different avenues I traveled down. In fact, they helped me choose the paths that I ended up taking. Seeing you now and your work, as well as getting a small glimpse of what seems to drive you, I am even more convinced that people are sometimes drawn to a position or path in their life because of that artistic and creative side that they possess. Maybe I am jabbering here. Maybe I am making myself see something that is not really there. I do not know. I do know though that just seeing you here joining us today, it did make me think and feel differently than I would have had you not been here. That is a very good thing for me.
Welcome again to the forum. I for one am glad to have found you and your work and look forward to seeing more and hearing more of what it is that made you end up here with us today.
James Newman