1. Describe your work in Nihonga painting in detail. Consider the following:
   1. Where did you see the work?
   2. What elements or characteristics stand out to you?
2. Describe the purpose of the work. Consider the following:
   1. What do you think the creator intended to express?
   2. Were they successful?
3. Use the work to explore how acts of creative expression impact and are impacted by the people and situations surrounding them. Consider the following:
   1. What contributions does the work selected make to continuing a dialogue about that culture and the importance of its works?
4. State questions you have after thinking deeply about this work. What more do you want to know regarding the following?
   1. The relationship between culture and expression: What is the relationship between the possible intent of the creator and your own interpretation of its meaning?
   2. Explain how your values have shaped and are shaped by your expression and that of others.
5. Explain how you would approach answering these questions:
   1. What would you study about this work that might address the questions you stated?
   2. Where would you find information to address the questions? Next, draw conclusions about how the work you selected relates to the humanities:
6. Explain why you believe humans have a need to express themselves through created works of cultural and historical significance.
   1. Describe a culture shift or event related to the work you selected. This could be a cultural shift that influenced the creation of the work, or it could be a cultural shift that came about because of it.
   2. Explain how a concept or resource you encountered in this course has informed your explanation. Be sure to cite any sources used.
7. Explain how you think the act of human creative expression impacts and is impacted by the culture in which it was created.
   1. Explain the relationship between human creative expression and the culture in which the work you selected was created using the insights you gained from studying it.
   2. Explain how a concept or resource you encountered in this course has informed your explanation. Be sure to cite any sources used.
8. Explain how you believe human creative expression can impact issues we deal with in the present day (contemporary to your coursework, not the future scenario posed above). Be sure to be specific about the issues you are addressing.
   1. Use the insights you gained from studying the work you selected to explain how creative expression can impact today's issues.
   2. Explain how a person or concept encountered in your study of the humanities has informed your explanation. Be sure to cite any sources used.
   3. Please provide your references.