To me, the similarity between science and art lies in the inspiration and creativity required to do both activities. My research is a wildly creative process in which I am asked to dream big, and imagine a future that I want to build towards with my work. From the small details of my every day work to the overarching ideas of where I think my research is headed, I have to be creative and innovative to imagine next steps and overcome challenges. This is the same way I felt while coming up with a piece of art for this exhibit; I had a vision, and then had to be creative to execute it. Science-art is important in our society because it helps make that process clear to the general public, and de-mystify the process of science. Providing analogies to the scientific process, as well as visual or tactile representations of scientific research, we make the work we do much more accessible and understandable to the world.