Why do I use so many maps and why did I choose maps as my imagery? Why do I even make artwork and how do I do it? Will anyone want to know the answers to those questions and will anyone want to read about them? We'll see. Just in case someone does, though, I'll get started. At a time long ago, in a place not so far away, I was given another assignment by another professor, Nancy Belfer. I was studying at Buffalo State College in Buffalo, New York, for a Bachelor of Arts degree in Design with a concentration in Textiles. As one of our final projects before graduation, Mrs. Belfer asked the weaving students to create a wallhanging that used imagery that had meaning in our lives; in other words, create an abstract self-portrait. As an Air Force "brat" I had moved along with my family many times when my father had been reassigned to another Air Force base. I also moved to additional areas with my husband, Jim, after our marriage, so I decided that as my solution to the problem presented, maps could be used to tell stories about the places I had lived and visited. Some of my favorite maps are very old and rather tattered, so I decided that would be the style I would use. Why am I making artwork? I don't know. I just seem to keep doing it. How do I do it? I'll tell you.