OP5 - Learning Review & The Alchemy of Relationship

This project is my final output packet for my first program cycle with Gaia University towards a B.S. in I.E-S.D (Integrative Eco-social Design).

The purpose of this report is to:

Summarize my output packets, projects, and their outcomes.  

Share the diversity of my learning experiences                                                                

Illustrate the non-linear progression of my first program cycle                           

Communicate interpersonal lessons on the dynamic balance of Creativity & Structure

Reflect upon my un/learnings around my relationship to self, art, gaia u, and community

Illuminate patterns of engagement with Gaia U 

This learning review can be likened to the structure of a Mandala. Its flowering begins at the center and progresses outwards and through the seems of its own framework. Though the course of projects, OPs, and learning experiences have unfolded over this period in a non-linear fashion, every aspect is coherently woven together where, when studied from a closer angle, is illuminated as a natural progression of specific patterns and gradual evolution.

The design of this project was concieved from creating process maps and reflective journaling tools while studying best practices of other associates' OP5 learning reviews.

The goal of this project is to challenge my growth edges around my resistances to format and structure while reflecting deeper upon the unfolding of my Gaia U pathway and overall evolutionary learning journey.

Use the page tabs at the tob of this reprot to horizontally navigate throughout the OP or utilize the vertical menu at the bottom.

The first five pages of this report are the core elements of essential criteria for completion of a learning review. The rest of the pages are commentary including journal-like process reflections, short stories, and media.

This entire report is a reflection of my integration of feedback from previous OPs as it follows the most practical and methodical approach by directly mirroring the structural layout of other associates' best practices. This is the first OP I in which i have methodically "followed the rules".