sherwood anderson writes to his son, who's studying painting, and gives him -- and sherwood anderson also painted, too, so he knew about painting. but he's giving his son ideas about the way that one should paint and that it should really come from your heart. you shouldn't be doing it to -- you shouldn't be painting for the end result. and you should -- he says, "be humble. smartness kills everything." he -- he's -- he's telling his son how to paint, but really, it's about how to live. that's the letter that dad chooses. the line that i pulled out, that i think is something -- that -- really, what the whole book is about, is sherwood anderson has a line in his letter, and it's -- it's in the middle of a lot of things. it's just one little phrase, but it jumped off the page at me. he says, "my heart is set on you." and i think that that's the essence of what this is. no matter what your relationship is with your parents or with your child, if you're a good mother or father or a wonderful -- or a terrible mother or father, or a child that's troubled or a successful child, your heart i