For Judy’s 141 Survey class we had to prepare a mood board in Invision. At first, this assignment confused me and I lost a lot of time trying to figure out where to start. But then I decided that I wanted to research more about something I already knew about. That I how I ended up choosing three monuments that I had already known. But what was new to me was their connection. In choosing the three of them I had a cool moment of realization: “wow, everything had to do with death!”
At that moment, I had a concept that interested me and I rolled with it.
Then, it was a fun task of digging deeper into certain aspects. Design was an obvious one, as the three monuments had interesting design features. Then, objects were truly intriguing because they usually tied back into the obsession with death that the ancients had. Lastly, science was also an “oh yeah” moment, where I noticed all three monuments were tied to religious practice, belief, or just an ancient idea.
I spent close to 5 hours on this and would give myself a 6/10. I’m not quite happy with the details I had to leave out and think I was too superficial with certain bits of information.
I learned a lot about the intention of these ancient civilizations and just why it was so important for them to erect buildings such as the pyramids. Being constantly confronted with death changes the way you look at the world and this project brought that to my attention
My favorite part of my moldboard is a pretty basic part: the header! I think it looks quite pretty
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