<span>Incorporation of STEM: By merely using technology, a form of science, I utilized science as a device to create this piece. Primarily computer science was used to create it. I used the program Adobe Photoshop to create this composition. To create the composition, I took myriad photographs and scans to be utilized as frames of the piece, a clear use of technology in the work. The use of technology is also emphasized in the claw that is on the far left side of the composition. I used LEGO pieces to construct the apparatus and extended it to achieve the desired shapes. In turn, a considerable amount of engineering was utilized to make and extend the claw. Mathematics was used to create the transparent architectural sketch on the right side of the composition.
Extra Information: This personal map is a culmination of my thoughts of my past and how the future (forcefully) brings them together. The left side of the piece is clearly dimmer, implicating the past. The faded flower at the extreme left is the harbinger of the start of my tolerance for my mixed heritages. The upper tier of the typhoon depicts the first </span><span>family reunion of my father's lineage: the African American Davis' are shrouded in savanna-like thickets, representing my lack of familiarity with my fraternal heritage. The lower tier of the typhoon depicts a more recent family reunion: me amongst my less alienating Japanese cousins and grandmother. My attachment to this lineage is represented by a fragment of my Japanese language notes. The two tiers are divided by my radiated arm emerging from claws which propel it to the present and future. Additional appendages sprout in protest, depicting my inner struggle to tolerate a change of my cultural idiosyncrasy. Into my unknown future, a light of change is not grasped by the arm, but it instead absorbs the arm and the typhoon into one unstable yet defined focus. Amid the turbulence, the two landscapes of the left switch places and witness the blend. They fade into the background, omnipresent yet unobtrusive in the light of my future career of architecture. One of my conceptual sketches blends in with the harmonious families, implying that my newfound tolerance will undoubtedly benefit my success in later years.</span>
