Exercise #5

It’s been a long time since I made a collage by hand (or anything by hand for that matter). It feels kind of nice to go analogue.

USHSTROK would be a book about a world with a fictional language. If I were to write a book, it should always be about language. I’d also like it to be kind of like Moby Dick, a book I’ve never read.

Location: Queen West and University (on the south side facing east)
When: 05/30/09 3:17pm
Weather:  Mostly cloudy

R: 14 G: 25 B: 3

Koop – Beyond the Sun

The mingling of people inside the Four Seasons Centre of the Performing Arts.  Crowds of them leaning against the rails along the window. Some in pairs, sitting on the stairs on several floors. Conversations. Slowly, they fade…going back to their seats after an intermission.

When I was halfway home from work today, I felt like I needed to go for a long walk. So I hopped off the subway last minute and started walking in whichever direction I felt like going. Whenever I came to an intersection, if the pedestrian light had more than 7 seconds on the timer, I’d cross the street. The point of the exercise was to head towards the water by the lake.

At one point, I was at the northern tip of Queen’s Park and the view of the park was stunning at that hour. I also noted to myself how rare it is that I am walking along this path. Moments later, I saw a new friend of mine that I had just met on the weekend, and she was really rocking it out to her music on her headphones. I almost felt bad interrupting her to say hi but I did it anyway so that the moment wouldn’t slip. We had short chat and parted our ways. I had to make a detour at University and Queen with the protest going on, but it didn’t seem to affect the flow of the walk at all.

An hour later when I reached the lake, all I could think of was that there are many ways to arrive at where you want to go. If you stumble around, happy accidents happen. Thanks, Sagmeister.