"I wanted to do a project that was political but also fun. I combined politics with my newest hobby: taking my dog to the dog park. I chose a State of the Union Address given by President Obama and I altered the words in order to fit the issues that would face a dog park. The hard part was getting the appropriate sounds from a young puppy who was still learning the command “speak” (and was not a fan of it). I chose to weave in my frustration with trying to get the right type of bark and Lily's resistance to set the stage for why a dog was giving a State of the Dog Park Address. The story became that she was learning how to speak on command but was distracted. She daydreamed about being the President of the Dog Park. At the end of my work, I was finally able to get a good, firm, loud bark on command that recorded well. This was a nice ending for the soundscape."