Jeanette Walls, one of my favorite authors, once said that “one of the most challenging aspects of writing a memoir is finding your own voice.” The same can be said in regard to art. When I first began thinking of my future in art, I didn’t know where I was heading. I also didn’t realize that my knowledge of what art is and can be was so much of an unexplored territory. My experience in theFoundations program has broadened my horizons in a way that I could never have expected. Upon stepping foot on campus,I never could have imagined myself using saws, or welding, or learning how to make a pinhole camera.Yet here I am in the aftermath of it all, and I ambewildered by how much I have experienced and accomplished inonlytwoyears. With each assignment I found new obstacles to overcome, and with each problem that I found a new solution to, I found a new aspect of myself. I learned that I am unnecessarily hard on myself, that I am terrified of all things related to metal work, that I overestimate my own capabilities at times, and that I can always find more work to be done ina piece. It is also true that I learned to love new ways of art that I never thought I could thrive in, and that I learned that it is okay for art to be a collaborative process between more than one person’s mind and efforts. The artistic voice, I’ve found, is fluid, rather than something stable or static. Therefore, it is our job to take that everchanging chaos and tame it to our command. I’m thankful to have begun this learning process through these introductory courses, and feel that I will continue to learn everyday that I spend with my art and others.