Week 1 of the twelve-day Grand Masters Program began on Monday, October 8th in Emporia, Kansas. Throughout the day, students eagerly and intently listened to 2007 Grand Masters Instructor Winston Churchill.

One of the first handouts students received from this Grand Master covered "Thoughts for Class." The following four short paragraphs show the uplifting advice that Winston chose to pass on.

• Of the people who will see your work, the most important one to please is you, yourself, the creator, the artist; it should be an expression of your own insights and tastes. Then, and only then, if you are lucky (and they are lucky) it will also please others.
• There is a wonderful place in this world for education, for exposure to the good and not so good. It will develop our sensitivities and refine our tastes.
• Give yourself permission (and even encouragement) to enjoy your work. If you find it to be imperfect, do not be surprised, we will never be able to live perfectly or even to love perfectly, let alone do perfect work. It is just our business to strive to do better, to keep hiking up to higher ground.
• At the end of the day, look at your work and appreciate the struggle that went into it. Enjoy your work, even love it, this is the fuel that will give you strength for tomorrow.

Winston Churchill
Grand Masters Class 2007

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