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Ritual and Personal Space

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  Prowl Logs 1- black cat runs by. Venus is especially bright. Quiet tonight. Many rooms are unlocked. Colder than it has been. Stayed around the GLC this time. Uneventful. 2- got legitimately scared walking to the art building. Venus is even brighter than before. Lots of weird noises. Crescent moon is very visible. Keep thinking I’m seeing things. Adams is very calming. Lots of lights, I can see clearly. Walking back is not as bad. Lone pinecone is a little interesting. Parking lots and open doors are inherently disquieting. Got a little scared at the end when I heard water hitting the ground and thought it was footsteps. Glad to be back in my room. 3- not as scary. Moon is clear behind the trees. Venus is once again super bright. Orions belt is clear. There are strange trails of ants along the ground. The campus is peaceful and serene. There is a low noise like the whistling of wind through a canyon. I go to the observatory. Here I am a little afraid, but can see the stars more c...

Meet in the Middle Project

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      For this project, myself and two partners were to find the location right in the middle of the three of us. This happened to be an intersection of several roads, surrounding a roundabout. There were several potential projects we could make with this location, but one of the first things we noticed was the number of arrows everywhere pointing people to where they should go. Almost every sign in the roundabout had an arrow and pushed for travelers to be directed counterclockwise, and although it was this significant place of crossroads, it is never thought about in any way other than that.      Using this as a leaping point, we decided to create more signs pointing in other directions. At first the idea was to direct attention in ways other than what the original signs were intending. This idea developed in a more whimsical direction when we began considering the colors of signs and types of signs we could make. Bright pink could draw back to neon signs...