Hello David !

I’m sorry to bother you, but I just need to tell you some things. I was in the workshop at ESAD (Matosinhos) in Portugal, and also was present at the conference that you gave at the exhibition. I’m the one who wants to “keep on rockin”, you know? Well I need to thank you.
 
The thing is I’m fininshing the master’s degree in graphic design, but actually before this I never really had a great education in this field – so that made me a little insecure. So in my final project (a rock magazine) I might say I was stuck, afraid to break free and expand ideas… Then you came. Off course I already knew your work, your philosophy, but to hear you, to see you, to work with you in that workshop, it made me realize I really do have to trust my gut. So I came home, started to work on my magazine with no limitations, really following my intuition. And my teacher really loved the results and encouraged me to go on like that. It’s almost finished now, and I really need to thank you for the inspiration. That workshop may have changed my life. I think that if I had not been there, I would probably still struggling with myself and feeling scared, not trusting my capacities.
 
I really have evolved since that week. So thank you, David!

Hope to see you again in the future.

JOANA
june 17,2011
 
ps – I send a photo of you signing my poster at the exhibition. You wrote to me “keep on playing” and you can bet I will :)