dear Ellen, I need to win this contest because the money, could help me go to my dream college, go to a charity event in Kenya, and I can get some new art supplies. I am very poor and the best art supplies I can retrieve are ones the injure me daily, this money could help me avoid those injuries knowing that I draw more than 8hrs daily. it may seem like a habit but I think that art is my passion and its also my dream. I am told to follow that dream because an inspiring man told the world saying "i have a dream..." winning this contest will bring me one step closer to it.