In previous years, I had seen many of Nuvia's projects and knew that she used art as a way to teach about anatomy. I hadn't had a biology class since 7th grade, or an art class since 9th, so I was excited to get back into it. In one of our beginning of the year mini projects, we dissected flowers. We had to choose a part that sparked our curiosity, write a hypothesis about it, and then study it under the knife. We decided to study the anther, the little thing that holds the pollen of the flower. This changed my perspective on being a scientist. When we were cutting up the flowers and studying their anthers, we realized a key point of observation: time. We looked at anthers at different stages in order to understand the function of different parts of it. This helped me learn about the importance of observation and being creative in the ways we observe. Throughout the semester, we practiced and practiced observation through many different experiments such as the abstracted observations we did in our journal, the fetal pig dissection, and our own studies of our body as a source for empowerment. Each of these required lots of time and work, but left me with a better understanding of the value of the complexity of the world around me and/or systems within me. Thanks to these projects, I have learned the value of patience and observation as a tool for discovery.