There is Beauty in the Struggle
In a group brainstorming process, one student mentioned wanting to include the lotus flower, a blossom that literally grows from mud. The lotus is used as a symbol for the beauty of persevering through difficulty for this reason.
Another student wanted to include barbed wire behind the lotus, a third was a poet who wrote the words that accompany the image. Students worked together to choose colors, design, and placement, and painted the mural together in class.