This exercise was a nice break from my usual day to day. It forced me to step outside into my neighborhood and notice things I haven’t actually paid attention to throughout all the years I’ve been living there. What I loved most when walking around and drawing out the map is not necessarily following the directions I was taking, but rather noticing what it is I pay attention to. There might have been more than one thing going on at once, but I was jotting down that one thing that stood out to me the most. This map is not specifically directional, but mental.
It’s been quite some time since I heavily doodled, but I enjoyed actually drawing what I saw in front of me. It’s definitely challenging to portray things as you see them, but it’s fun to try. Something else that was quite interesting is how certain directions led me back to where I was and it wasn’t difficult to pinpoint another observation of the same place. I truly enjoyed every aspect about this exercise.