Friends, Family, Colleagues, Mentors, Internet-Strangers,
I'd like to let you know about a
walking project that I will commence this evening (Wednesday,
November 28, 2012) at 6:00 pm.
This is the second of a series of walks
I plan to undertake over the next ten months. Each will start in
downtown Vancouver and head eastwards, according to some rules that
I've listed at the bottom of this message.
In the first walk, I was struck by the
vastly different perspective I had of an area that I've lived in for
so long. I was also struck by the complete distance I felt from the
people in my immediate vicinity, and of my inability to share what I
was experiencing in an immediate, direct and personal way. So this
time around, I am inviting you to give me a phone call.
I invite you to call any time between
sunrise and 9 pm, and I invite you to share the phone number, and/or
this email, with anyone else who might be interested. My cellphone
number is 778-319-2405. No pressure! I don't expect you to call, and
if you do, the conversation doesn't have to be a long one.
Walking East - First Walk – Second
Night
The walks have a variety of meanings
for me: They are an excuse to get outside, a means to use my whole
body and mind to learn, to come to new understandings of the
landscape and the beings that surround me. I'm also seeing it as a
part of my art practice, as a means to create art, as art in itself,
and as a program of research for my Masters of Applied Arts degree.
Above all, it is something I enjoy more than I ever would have
imagined.
Here are the parameters of the walk:
- Start at Emily Carr University and
walk Eastwards.
- When I don't know which route is more
East, choose between them completely randomly.
-A route can be any linear trace created
by human and/or non-human: road, sidewalk, deer trail, stream bank,
ridgeline, gully.
- Do not knowingly trespass.
- Buy food along the way, but do
notstray from the random route to buy food.
- The walk ends when I miss a meal or
become exceedingly uncomfortable.
Map of First Walk
Wish me luck!
- Jay White
