Student Reflections & Projects
e Nickie Najar
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or my culminating project, I chose to do a painting that explores the complexity of the interconnectedness that comes with sustainability. The painting itself shows the image of a hand holding a lightbulb. Featured inside the lightbulb is half of the earth with it split horizontally. In the top half of the lightbulb, there are various different elements that tie in with sustainability, including windmills and solar panels. In the background of the elements, there is a skyline including various different buildings with light shining inside of them. The reason I chose to go about my culminating project in this way was that I was inspired by a speaker during the panel at the Truman Lecture Series. I was inspired by his idea of interconnectedness and how it affected the way we went about a sustainable way of life. I chose to do my project in this particular way due to the interconnectedness that comes from the use of electricity. I featured the lightbulb with the windmill and solar panels inside of it, showing the alternative methods of creating energy as opposed to using natural resources such as coal and fossil fuels. These methods as well as human activities overtime all become connected with one another.
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Major: Radiologic Science Hometown: Kansas City, Mo.
