When an artist begins to model things, usually he ends up staring at his pencil and a blank piece of paper for awhile. As a result of that, I’ve done some examination of my pencil. From examination comes the urge to model this pencil. Among other things, this pencil has faithfully taken through me my whole undergraduate degree, and looks to be taking me through my master’s degree, as well. I’ve changed the text to protect the innocent – or at least the trademarked…

