Particularly at the end of a project, semester, or year, it is good to take some time to reflect and right down your thoughts about the work you did. \u00a0What did you accomplish? \u00a0What did not go the way you wanted it to? \u00a0What will\u00a0you do differently if you find yourself in a similar circumstance again?<\/p>\n
Some cultures build reflection into their daily practice, such as Buddhist meditation and Tibetan mandalas. \u00a0Mandala is sanskrit and literally means “container of essence”. \u00a0Traditionally made of sand, mandalas are “painted”, meditated on, and then destroyed to remind their creators that all life is temporary. \u00a0Similar designs can be found in Native American pottery and black metal art.<\/p>\n
Design and make a Mandala with the subject of it being you at your current stage in life; your likes, interests, and a general reflection of yourself. This project is a culminating project, bringing together all the kinds of work you have done this semester; thorough planning or use of design principle concepts with thumbnail sketches, drawing, a color scheme, and careful\u00a0crafting of the image.<\/p>\n
Create a digital collage that takes form of radially\u00a0symmetrical\u00a0fractal mandala.<\/p>\n