This picture is a looking forward and looking back. This is a picture of the view from on top of Mount Roberts, Alaska and Heejin’s picture of me at The Cloud Gate taken on our field trip this semester. It was in Alaska that it first became clear to me to start the pursuit of an art practice in earnest. It just seemed very clear to me. The trip to Chicago was definitely a high point in the first semester here in Madison. The cloud gate sculpture creates a beautiful reflective space. This picture brings together two important moments in my artistic career thus far. There is work ahead but there has been work accomplished as well. I look at this image of two different yet related times and feel all right. Onward!