Step 1: Gather and brainstorm ideas about you.
What do you like to do? What foods do you like? What is your culture and race? What traditions does your family have that are special to you? What are you curious about? What special skills do you have?
Step 2: Make a list of objects that might represent each of the ideas you brainstormed in Step 1.
Step 3: Gather the items that you want to use for your project. It's probably best to have 5-10 items. Too few and your flatlay will look empty, too many and it will look crowded.
Days away from the flight that will take them almost 10,000 kilometers away from Beirut to Canada, two Syrian families contemplate what to bring.