Final Art Piece

For my final project, I decided to create an art piece that reflected how I evolved throughout the four years that I have been at Stanford. If you look at the left side of me, you will find a person dressed traditionally. That part of the art piece represents the traditional/cultural upbringing that I experienced. The rest of the body is a person who is dressed in lab attire which symbolizes my choice to be a mechanical engineer. Also take note of the environment of the photo. I am in a scientific environment which represents the unusual environment that I am living in. It is unusual because a traditional person isn't expected to be living in this type of headquarters. If you turn your attention to the top half of the art piece, you will notice the thoughts that I have. I have three pictures that are firmly glued onto the page and those are: my hometown, a Navajo hogan, and corn. All of these are close to my heart and regardless of what I am going through at the moment, they will always be apart of me. The other pictures are of simple equations that I have used while at Stanford. These equations are not firmly planted on the page and they are loose because they can be interchangeable. Depending on the class that I am taking, those may be swapped out at any given quarter. This is a testament to what I value, I value what I was taught when I was young. There are also question marks in the thinking bubble which indicate my confusion as to how to balance traditional and cultural beliefs with scientific ideas. This art piece was meant to draw attention to the journey that I have been on while trying to attain a mechanical engineering degree.