Get lost kids!

Imagine it
Today's lesson: get lost.


Perfection!
The assignment: Derive 1. start at an assigned metro station in Rome 2. look at a map once; using your blind intuition, navigate yourself back to Campo de Fiori 3. the direct route is not your friend; let things distract you, get lost, explore 4. take at least 3 hours to get from point a to point b 5. sketch, take pictures, and record this journey in whatever way possible to compile later in a graphic presentation 6. go!

You forget how much you haven't connected in your mind as you walk through familiar places in Rome.  You realize how one turn down a crooked alleyway can lead you astray, losing your bearing.  You stop and realize that none of that matters.  The less you know the more you discover, the better the adventure, the more memories you take away.  

My group of 3 was assigned the metro station directly behind Piazza del Popolo- Flaminio.
We begin the journey, pencils and cameras at the ready.  We snap a few shots in the station just to get the creative juices flowing.  After a stern look and a booming voice warning us not to take pictures do we realize this is against the rules.

 a fearless group. an illegal picture.

 Piazza del Popolo_Giuseppe Valadier_view of Santa Maria in Montesanto and Santa Maria dei Miracol flanking Via del Corso 

 view of The Tiber under a canopy of trees

 Armani Jeans_just a quick stop

no words

As you begin on the unknown path, you find that few lines with your pencil is just enough to get the point across in a sketch.  You let go of worrying about how pretty a drawing is and you get down to what really matters, what you experience, what you see, what you do. Your senses are heightened as you lose track of time.
Music
Space
Nature
Traffic
Drawing 
Machinery 
Water
Structure
Fear
Hunger
Routine
Chaos
Tranquility

Mapping our journey will be an artful collaboration of sights and sounds which will find themselves on the fibers of one single piece of paper. How this happens we will have find out.