Jack Balas, 2024; THE FALL OF AUTUMN LEAVES (#2631); India ink & acrylic on paper, 24x18 inches

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Under a maple in the yard, late summer, I think back to the years I spent teaching Freshmen Comp. at the university in Boulder, spending entire weekends back here correcting papers, writing in margins, circling typos, surrounded by a sea of red and yellow, drawing arrows, giving them ideas. This was years before I started my photos with other students (a "project."). Now I look forward to the fall of autumn leaves.