So, for my humanities class, I have to make a sun shadow mandala. A sun shadow mandala is what helps you to think symbolically. The process of comparing characters or ideas to archetypal symbols (an animal, a plant, an element, etc.), drawing the symbols, and then posing reasons for your choice leads you to a deeper understanding of the personality and motivations of a character from literature. Mandalas are represented in circles where the sun personality is on one half and the shadow is presented on the other half. Around the outside of the circle, words are written to represent the graphics you chose for the character. I got all of that off of the internet, so don’t think that I actually know what a mandala is. I didn’t so I just looked it up and that’s where I found it
There were many different symbols that I had to research and kind of take quizzes on to determine what was the one that was specifically mine. The only one that I didn’t do any quizzes on was the color that was closest to me. I just chose my favorite color and then looked up what it meant personality wise. It was actually quite accurate to my personality, so I just kept it. The other one that I didn’t have to take any quizzes on was the animal that was closest to me only because earlier in the year we had to find our spirit animal, and I knew that that animale was closest to me personally. If you want to know more about me based off of my sun shadow mandala, then keep reading. So, without further ado, let’s get on with my explanation on why I chose those specific symbols Animal: The animal that I chose was the turtle for the sun and I chose the monkey for the shadow Sun - I chose this one as my sun for the animals because whenever I was taking the quiz for the spirit animals, the turtle kept popping up. I looked it up and saw that it represented a lot of things that were true about me. They are very quiet and shy, which are two aspects that are quite the same to me. Some more things are that they are compassionate and that they’re very understanding of others. I like to think that I’m very understanding to others, and if I’m not, then I want to be the type of person to be very understanding of others and full of compassion Shadow - I chose that one as my shadow for the animals because I was looking up different animals for personality types and one of the ones that caught my eye as being something that was quite different from mine was the monkey. The main thing that I saw was that people who could identify with the monkey were confident. I am not a confident person. I am far from being confident. I have really bad social anxiety, so even talking in general is really hard for me. I’m not confident about anything. I second guess everything about me and what I do Plant: The plant that I chose for my sun was the calathea and the one for my shadow is the snake plant Sun- I had originally taken a test and it didn’t really make any sense to me. I then found an article, and it said that the calathea plant thrives with indirect sunlight. I find that to basically represent me in a way because I don’t like any direct attention. I’d rather stay in the background of things Shadow- In that same article, the snake plant was seen as something extroverted and perfect. The plant is perfect for any type of gardener, so it’s seen as perfect. It represents people who are confident and think that they’re perfect, or not really perfect, but they’re fine who they are, which is not something that I am Number: The number that I chose for my sun was the number 9 and the one for my shadow is the number 8 Sun- For this one, I picked my enneagram number. The number was the closest to who I was out of all the other 8 numbers. 9’s are easy-going and agreeable. I think of myself as really easy-going. I also would agree to a lot of things just to keep the peace or have any confrontation. What ever would cause the least amount of attention being brought onto me is what I would choose Shadow- Number 8 on the enneagram is the complete opposite of who I am. They are self-confident and decisive. I am neither one of those. I am so indecisive that people would get really mad at me because I can’t choose anything. I am also not self-confident. I am actually going to therapy for confidence on top of other things. I have no confidence in what I’m doing or just anything about me that I have anxiety over everything that I do Shape: The shape that I chose for my sun is a circle and the one that I chose for my shadow is a triangle Sun- I chose a circle because it represented friendly and feeler. Based on my personality, I’m seen as a really friendly person, and I honestly like to think that I’m a really friendly person. I like to keep in mind how others are feeling and I want things to go well for others. I think of others before myself Shadow- I chose a triangle because it represented competitive and decisive. As I’ve said before, I’m an indecisive person. I’m also not very competitive. I don’t care enough to win. If it means hurting someone else’s feelings about losing, I try not to win. It also comes back to being confident, and I’m not confident in myself to think that I’ll win, so I just don’t try because I know that I’m not going to win Gemstone: The gemstone that I chose for my sun is the emerald and the one that I chose for my shadow is a sapphire Sun- I had originally chosen an emerald because it’s my birthstone. Whenever I looked more into it, I found that an emerald represented loyalty and faithfulness. I’m a very loyal person to certain people that I want to be loyal to. I also see myself as someone who is full of faith. Whether that be in religion or to any relationships with people that I have Shadow- I chose sapphire because whenever I was looking into them, it represented being the life of the party and socializing. Those two things right there are definitely not who I am. Being the life of the party means that all eyes are on me and having me be the center of attention. I just can't do that. I also have social anxiety, so just socializing with people in general is really hard for me, so I tend not to socialize with people Element: The element that I chose for my sun is water and the one that I chose for my shadow is fire. Sun- Water represents hidden and self-contained. I do tend to stay hidden. I even realized that today whenever I was at my youth group, I tended to find myself in the back of the group where there weren’t that many chances where people could see me. This was even with a group of people that I’ve basically been around for years, and I’m comfortable with them. I’m also quite self-contained. I tend to keep things in because I don’t want to share them with others Shadow- Fire represents anger and authoritative. The only thing that I could agree with is anger, but that only shows with my family. Outside of my family, that anger just goes away. I’m not an angry person, and I’m certainly not authoritative. I’m more of the person that would follow instead of leading. I’m a follower, not a leader Color: The color that I chose for my sun is green and the one that I chose for my shadow is red Sun- I chose green originally because green is my favorite color. Whenever I looked more into it, I found that green represented calm and supportive. I’m slow to anger outside of my family. I’m very calm. My friends say that I never get mad at anything. I’m also really supportive. I want people to feel like they’re supported by at least one person, and I want to be happy to say that that one person is me Shadow- I chose red because it represents action driven and confident. There really is a theme with confidence. As you already know, I’m not a very confident person. I’m also not action driven. Not in the slightest
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