Diversity Banner Sketches:
Artist Inspiration:
Sylvia Chalmers, https://gsaarchives.net/catalogue/index.php/dc-068-7-5-2
https://gsaarchives.net/catalogue/index.php/nds-f-23
https://www.trc-leiden.nl/trc/index.php/en/blog
Inspiration:
My self mantra I set for the year of 2025 is gratitude. I wanted to incorporate this idea into my personal banner. My family plays a big part in my life and they are who I am extremely grateful for. Our family has an interesting connection to birds; they are just something we always pay attention to and we are aware of many different species of birds all across the world. My dad loves to take photos of birds and even has a whole Instagram dedicated to his bird photography. We pay attention to the importance of little things in life. For example, in spring of 2024, my older sister noticed a pair of Sandhill Crane birds creating a nest and laying eggs. This nest was located on her daily walking route near where she attended school at the University of Central FL. Sandhill Cranes nesting is very unique because they essentially make a mound of collected sticks in the middle of a pond or lake and they just sit on the eggs until they are ready to hatch. This pair of birds had laid their eggs on my birthday, March 10th. My sister observed the birds at this spot almost everyday, up until the day the eggs hatched, which coincidentally was on her birthday: April 12th. This was an extremely special "small moment" for us because these birds had laid their nest and had their eggs hatch on both of our birthdays. This story is very drawn out but, I am grateful and inspired by it.
So for my personal banner, I wanted to incorporate the scene of two Sandhill Cranes and some text around the word gratitude.
Photo by: Jim Cassidy (My dad) (This is one of the Sandhill Crane parents and a hatchling)
Photo by: Kojihirano - https://stock.adobe.com/contributor/202942202/kojihirano?load_type=author&prev_url=detail
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/295337688085329371/
