This exercise was a lot of fun! I’m very fortunate to live right by the bustling Grove in LA. There’s always so much going on there that it’s hard to really focus on one thing at a time. It kind of just hits you in the face all at once. I’m glad that this assignment made me hyper focused and myopic. I was able to appreciate all of the cool things that I have right outside my front door.
The route basically took me the long ways to Trader Joe’s. I ended up going into the strip mall that has a ton of restaurants and home goods stores. I often skip over this strip mall and head right for the Grove. It was nice to mosey on through and take the long way to the main Grove entrance. I actually never made it into the Grove itself. Instead, I walked along it’s boundaries until my final destination.
I think my favorite aspect of this assignment was the sketching. I’ve never really been a doodler, and I had so much fun trying to quickly create a visual representation of everything that I saw.