I included this side project as an example of why I consider collaboration essential to creativity. It doesn’t matter who gets the most credit or how big the contribution. What matters––and, I believe, the reason any of us are involved in a creative field––is to bring the best ideas to life. When Ivan Cash, a friend and former art director partner, first came to me with this idea, he only needed a sounding board. Months later, he would need an entire community of letter-writing volunteers. As you’ll see in the team credits sheet below, I played just a small part, but how great to be part of something when the something is this.