Recently I read Paul Auster's City of Glass. There is a character named Peter Stillman who walks the streets of New York Daily from sunrise to sunset. Day after day he walks what seems to be an intangible maze. Gradually his path manifests itself to words. As the words finally become legible Peter Stillman disappears. I was thinking about Peter Stillman's walk while talking to a friend at a party last night. "Im feeling so lost," she said. "I am going back to school for massage. I want to do something different. I am feeling like where is my life going right now?" This statement resonated with me as I know this well. In this new project I have conversations with people about what they are seeking, longing, wishing they had right now. I will map out and walk their vision as an attempt to realize the identified goal. Drawings will ideally be mapped out with GPS. Each participant will recieve a copy of the mapped drawing and have the option of doing the walk with me. Each walk will pass over a place of importance for the participant. (This one passes by my house!)
