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Junior Zach Goetz tried playing soccer when he was younger, but he said it didn't work out for him.

"I would just sit around and pick flowers and stare at the clouds," he said.

His parents, who encouraged Goetz to be creative, suggested drawing instead.

"As all the stories go, they gave me a set of paints, and you go with it from there."

Goetz, a fine arts major with a focus in sculpture, pursued his passion for art throughout high school and continues to do so today.

"I was in all art classes [in high school]," he said. "Everyone else was off doing whatever else they do in high school, and I was doing my thing. It was mainly classes and hanging out with the art freaks. We did a lot of art galleries."

His interests weren't limited to the visual arts though.

Goetz is also a musician, accompanying his voice with either the piano or the acoustic guitar.

"I didn't even know I could sing until I was hanging out with my cousins one day and they were singing some song, and I was singing too," he said. "They were like 'Wow, you're good.'"

Wondering about what other talents he might have, Goetz decided to try playing the guitar, which proved to be a successful endeavor.

He took lessons at first but decided he preferred to teach himself.

"I don't know if a lot of people just don't know how to react to [art], or they just don't know what it is, and I just feel like it's definitely important to us as humans because it is a truly human activity," he said.

"I feel like art is another form of communication to help us understand each other better and through that information come together."

On campus, Goetz's artwork has been displayed in the Horvath Exhibition, the annual UD art show and in the ArtStreet gallery.

After college, Goetz said he would like to pursue a graduate degree in fine arts and possibly teach at a college.

"The future looks good for artists," he said.

To hear Goetz's music, go to http://www.myspace.com/zacharygoetzmusic.

To read his poetry, visit his blog at http://collapsinginapoeticheap.blogspot.com.