Since graduating I have learned that while in high school I was wrong about what love is, wrong about the importance of popularity, ignorant of how I personally hurt classmates, hormonal rather than thinking, and blind to the power of diversity. Since the frontal lobe and proper executive function in the human brain are not completely formed until 25-30 years of age, it is not surprising. There I was with only a partly formed brain interacting with other teens with only partly formed brains---no wonder it was chaos mistaken for smartness. I will celebrate in my own way that I am 50 years wiser together with my family spread between California and New Mexico and in my at studio painting and drawing the magic that is hidden in the strangest places.