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drifting and collecting
Over the past week my friend Angela was visiting. We had a whole lot of fun, doing things like going to see Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind and making chicken / corn / peach burritos. But probably the most fun I had was the day we went to the Field Museum.
I've been to the Field Museum a bunch of times since I moved here to Chicago, but what made this time an especially good time is that we both brought our sketchpads, and as we wandered around we would stop periodically to draw something. Among other things, I drew a flamingo, a chimney swift, and some wooden masks, and Angela made excellent renditions of a giraffe vertebra, a pink fairy armadillo, and an Eskimo wearing primitive snow goggles.
I always enjoy drifiting around in general, but I enjoy the extra focus that comes from looking for things to collect, especially when those "things" are nonmaterial (images, sounds). Some nice memories along these lines include:
making recordings in Tucson for the collaborative soundscape project
exploring abandoned railroad tracks with Chris and his Minidisc recorder
recording sounds in Lakewood Forest Preserve and taking digital pictures in my neighborhood with Ray
The next scheduled drift is going to be down in the industrial ruins of Gary, September 6th, with Chris. |
Friday, August 15, 2003
9:16 AM
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