The Textbook - 120 Beans Please!

Mission accomplished; imagination launched.  It's good to know that beginners occupy a desired position, "free of the preconceptions or habitual patterns that can paralyze more advanced students," yeehaw!  The author also states, Reading this book is the first step.  "True understanding comes through your own efforts," Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds storyboard was cool; I didn't realize it was created that way.