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My place in my place

I've been thinking about my place in my place; that is, how my pre-existing connection to the Woods Creek Trail influences the way that I observe it and form ideas about materials or images to collect. While I am treating my observations as an "alien walk," Woods Creek and its trail attract people; people become part of the landscape.

One thought that crossed my mind was that I could somehow collect the dirt prints from my shoes after a trip down to my section of the trail. For many students and other community members, I reckon, a trip down to the trail, whether for a walk, run, or science class, may be the only dirty steps in "nature" that they take that day. But because of my position in this project as an outsider to this scene, would collecting a remnant of my personal experience with the place be blurring the observer vs. outsider line, even if I represent some of the other characters who pass through?

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  1. UnknownJanuary 24, 2018 at 11:01 AM

    I can really relate to this. My place in my place has not only changed for this project, but has drastically changed for the next 6 months.
    I also love the idea of collecting footprints. As you said, people become part of the landscape. And their footprints are the physical mark they leave on the landscape. Although it may not be permit, it will likely be replaced by another footprint. So, in that sense we have left our mark on the area forever.

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