While I have devoted my life principally to research in solving environmental problems, the creativity in approaching this is akin to how one approaches artistic pursuits. Since my undergraduate studies, I have viewed the striking similarities in music and science. While at Indiana University, I pursued chemistry and music, in its classical forms. However, while there, I had the privilege of studying with David Baker who blazed the trail in garnering acceptance of jazz in American higher education, building one of the first jazz programs in an American university. It was this exposure to jazz improvisation, the spontaneous composition, that inspired not only my music but also how I approach environmental research. Intrinsically, this is to view problems in a non-linear way and to be open to new paths toward solutions and expression. My compositions accompanying Jim Weaver’s artistry explores this continuum.