point. they asked us to look at their library of photographs that spoke to us that could inspire us. i picked this wonderful photograph of a sea turtle. i felt like that would be good. two major themes in my mural work are taking inspiration from nature in my own heritage as a chinese-american. i feel like this project where i was tasked with creating this road was a perfect alignment for me. i created some asian-influenced textile patterns in the background, which is a way to add in my personal voice. today is day five of painting the mural. we are starting to fill in the shapes, adding color, and our turtle is starting to take shape. i am trying to refine and add color with a wonderful team of