'I've grown tremendously through all my art, art dealings, and people I've come to know because of my art, and I owe it all to the 12-set of Reeves pencils.' OpEd
, trying to stay sane from being cooped up in a concrete box 24/7, and having no funds to purchase necessities.
I planned on starting my own greeting card enterprise but lacked the tools and money to purchase them, so I worked with what I had — a pen and a few sheets of paper. I borrowed a coloring book from the same artist, traced a cartoon character on one of the sheets and colored in the dark spots with the pen as best as I could. When I finished, I thought I'd done a good job and was on my way to entrepreneurship. Unfortunately, no one thought my work was worth purchasing.
I ended up purchasing the 12-set of Reeves pencils and placed the box in my pants pocket so they wouldn’t get damaged. Upon returning to my cell, I opened the box and took all the pencils out, laying them on my rusty table that was screwed into the concrete wall. I looked at each pencil intently and even put them up to my nose to smell the wood and lead, which reminded me of school. I noticed that each pencil had different letters and numbers like 4H, B, and B6 stamped on them.
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