“It will give them a different perspective. Show them that there are lots of different alternatives to being an artist.” Harper fixes her monitor back in place.

“Yeah, that’s very true.”

“One of the guys who works for me was this total gang banger graffiti artist in East LA when he was a kid. Then one day this guy who owned a skate shop saw him tagging and asked him if he would try his hand doing it on skateboards. It changed his life. Now he is this amazing graphic artist.” Harper knows this will peak Tina’s interest in her company.

“Do you think he would be interested in talking to the kids?” Tina’s eyes are open wide excited about the possibility.

“I already mentioned it to him and he’s very excited. We all are.”

There is a knock on the office door.

“Come in.” Harper says.

Maggie sticks her head in, “I’m sorry to interrupt but the repair guy is here and I really think you should talk to him.”

Harper’s mood quickly shifts knowing that he can’t have good news. “I’ll be right there.” Harper runs her fingers through her hair and sighs. “I’m sorry, I’ll be right back.”

“Take your time.” Tina says. “I’ll just make some calls while your gone.”

“Feel free to sit at the desk and use my phone if you want.” Harper says getting up. “Be right back.”

Harper returns several minutes later and finds Tina writing in her day planner. “Sorry about that.”

“Everything ok?” Tina asks.

“Well the screening press we use for t-shirts is beyond repair this time. We had the motor replaced so we could finish this last job but it has a series of other maladies. One’s that aren’t worth spending the money to fix I’m afraid.” Harper leans back in her chair.

“Sorry to hear that.”

“Yeah, it means we will be out of the t-shirt business until I replace it.” Harper knew this was coming so she isn’t too upset. In fact she’s been planning on it and putting money aside to put toward a new press. “We should probably wait until we are 100% operational again before we have the kids come down. I want them to have the full experience.”