Months ago I was contacted by India.Arie's personal assistant (through Etsy of all places!) and she told me that India loves my paintings of her! I was floored and thrilled to say the very least... So we've e-mailed back and forth a few times talking about India and today her assistant wrote to tell me I had two tickets to see the sold out show in Boston! WOW! India.Arie has been an inspiration for over a decade to me and this was a blessing, and yes, a shocking and scary moment for this painfully shy girl! haha.. but when India came out and saw me she said, "Brandy!" My eyes just bugged and I thought, wow, India.Arie knows my name! 

I saw her in Memphis in 2001 playing a guitar her mother painted and it inspired me so deeply I immediately rushed home and painted the guitar I could never learn to play! I've taken that guitar with me all over the country, move to move, state to state for over 10 years and I decided when I heard I was meeting her tonight, it was time for it to be with her, I really hope she likes it! All we had was my cellphone for the photo but thank you Djerek for taking it for me!