fear not 'cause i'm good

so there's this professor who's won a million awards for his art of whom I am particularly terrified having not had him at all either semester here. well, ilona (my painting professor) calls me over about my self portrait that I had recently completed, and she said he likes it very much. he also noted that everyone admires it, and that it's certainly not freshman-level work. I expressed my excitement because I never thought he liked me or my work at all, and he said that he'd recommend I go into fine arts seeing that and some other things, but he'd feel guilty due to the money aspect of it. we talked for a bit about how I'm naturally talented and how I've learned a lot and then I went on to paint something else. he's not so scary after all!