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During my time as a high school art teacher I had the privilege of working along side of some very good people. One of the best teachers and coaches I’ve ever known was a man named Fernley Leach. Whenever someone was not achieving the results they desired, Fernley would say that they needed to do a little “Reflective Thinking”. I had to do a lot of reflective thinking to achieve what I wanted in this painting. I have observed many species of herons over the years and when they are intent on prey, they either cock their head to one side pointing one eye directly at the water, or their beak is pointed downward. As I watched this little green heron on a swampy pond, that our son David took us to, on the Florida panhandle, his beak stayed pointed slightly above the horizontal. His body language indicated that he was not looking for anything in the water at that moment and I wondered if he also was doing some “Reflective Thinking.”