Ryan Ferre

I am 29 years old and have been teaching now for several years. The arts, all of them, have always been an important part of my life as well as my hobbies. I have been married since July, 2008. I was born and raised in Utah, which is of course my favorite state. I have many areas of interests and my favorites are gesneriads(a plant family including african violets), salt water fish, hiking, gardening, and playing board games. Dancing, singing, drawing, movie making, photography all play an important part of my life even if my only audience is the mop at times. Thats me!

Looking back into a frozen mirror

Isn’t it amazing that with anything new idea we already have a set of conclusions waiting to be proved correct?  This academy, if it could be defined as a place instead of a thing, is a place for learning, growing and developing.  This place is beautiful, refined, and time has no boundaries.

When I first started using