The rotation exercise is not a final project, but a homework assignment.  The basic instruction is to enter a familiar room and stand in the center of it.  Make one and only one 360 degree turn over the course of 20 minutes.  Keep your eyes open, in fact keep all your senses open and breath normally.  At the end take a few moments to write down your experience.  Below is a student's experience.

JANUARY 27, 2001

JOURNAL PAGES -- ROTATION EXERCISE:

WHEN I FIRST BEGAN I HAD AN ODD EXPERIENCE. THE CLOCK ON THE MANTLE, THAT HAD NEVER WORKED... WELL I COULD HAVE SWORN I SAW THE SECOND HAND MOVING. THIS LED ME TO WONDER IF MY HUSBAND HAD BEEN INSPIRED TO FIX THE CLOCK AND HAD FORGOTTEN TO TELL ME. AFTER A FEW MOMENTS, I FOUND THAT THE SECOND HAND HAD STOPPED.

MY CAT THEN DECIDED TO JOIN IN ON THE EXERCISE WITH HER INCESSANT MEOWING. I FOUND MYSELF GOING THROUGH IRRITATION AND SILENT REQUESTS FOR HER TO STOP. I DIDN'T WANT TO BREAK OUT OF THE EXERCISE SO IT WAS DECIDED THAT SHE WOULD BE PART OF THE EXERCISE. WITH THAT DECISION SHE WAS NO LONGER IRRITATING.

I REALIZED THAT THERE WAS MUCH MORE IN THE ROOM THAN I HAD LISTED, OBJECTS THAT WERE GLANCED AT IN PASSING. OF COURSE, I FOUND MYSELF WANTING TO REARRANGE AND STRAIGHTEN. THEN THIS QUIETED.

THE ROOM HAS ALWAYS OPENED INTO A DINING AREA AND I REALIZED THAT ON MY LIST I HAD LIMITED THE ITEMS TO THOSE THAT APPEARED IN THE LIVING ROOM AREA. AS I STOOD THERE I NOTICED THAT THE ROOM WAS NOT A BOX BUT A CENTER THAT OPENED INTO A STAIRWELL, A KITCHEN, A DINING ROOM. THE ROOM HAD EXPANDED.

THE GLASS DOORS OPENING TO THE PATIO LED TO THE OUTDOORS. THE PATIO TABLE HAD LEAVES AND SEED PODS ARRANGED BY UNSEEN HANDS, AS IF PLACED THERE WITH GREAT CARE. I KNOW THAT USUALLY I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT THE TABLE NEEDS TO BE CLEANED.

I GLIMPSED A SPIDER WEB ON A POTTED PLANT. OVER THE FENCE I SAW THE SHADOW OF OUR NEIGHBOR MOVING BEHIND HER SCREEN DOOR. ROWS OF BUILDINGS ACROSS THE STREET HAD THE SHADOWS OF CLOUDS DANCING ON THEIR WALLS. AT THAT MOMENT A SENSE OF BEAUTY ROSE WITHIN ME, TEARS WELLED ...THE TIMER RANG.