Observation Walk - Anna Garrett

Doing this exercise was hard for me because I grew up in the neighborhood surrounding SMU and know Dallas very well. So, in order to get lost I wandered up and down streets I had never been down before until I was pretty lost. The first thing I noticed was while a lot of what I was looking at was beautiful and surrounded by foliage, I became bothered by the number of wires surrounding us in our daily lives. While wires connect us to others across the world, they disrupt the natural beauty of the world and get in the way. The second observation I made was how relieving it was to be out of my normal atmosphere, and in my own space I felt pretty certain I wouldn't stumble upon anyone I knew. Because of this, I felt comfortable taking time to look around me and I noticed how many planes are simultaneously crossing in the sky. It is amazing from how below planes can look like they will intercept one another, meanwhile they are actually thousands upon thousands feet apart in the vast sky. The third observation I made was how much more attention I paid attention to the houses surrounding me. I paid attention to their architecture, as well as state. In my mind I tried to imagine who lived in each house and what their family is like and how they live their daily lives.