[Kimberly Dow]

I was afraid you say that.

If I am truly working on a piece and there are people around - I am fine and can carry on a decent intelligent conversation. If I am pretending, then I get tongue-tied. I need a lesson in 'pontification'.

I was once doing a huge mural for a hotel ballroom. It was on sheets that they had stapled to the 14' high ceilings with plastic underneath. I only had 3 days to do it for their New Years Eve Party. Crowds would gather and it was fine and I enjoyed it. The last day (no sleep as well) a local TV crew came to interview me. Once I came down off the ladder and he put that microphone in my face - I went completely mute. He kept trying to prod me with things like "...so you researched animals at the library....?" to which I would answer "yes" It was a sad, sad thing. Luckily it aired at midnight on NY's Eve so I am sure not many saw it.