Reading Response #2

I have chosen to write about Wrights & Sites, “A Manifesto for a New Walking Culture.” This article gets in depth into the world of sound, “ The walker as writer of the city. First we change the way we ‘read’ the city: a set of how concepts that will unbalance the consciousness of the every day walker and challenge the dominant assumptions about walking and the city as a place for walking. Then proposing a set of strategies (or ‘fulcra’) for ways of re-writing the city, moving from changed perceptions of the familiar city to the means to change its organization, uses, attitudes to and planning of public space. [Spades]” (Wrights & Sites). By reading this article made me think of other ways to hear sounds, just walking down the street, going to my classes, or just sitting down in a park. There are many different ways to get or hear different sounds, and this article helped me notice it.
The article gives you good examples on how to notice different sounds, like go when every you like. If it is raining, snowing, or if it is sunny (the weather shouldn’t matter). When walking meet up with a friend or just walk with a stranger. All of these help you experience the different and new sounds you will hear. “ ‘Our intent is to show walking not only as a directed movement form one place to another, but a wondering, an odyssey of sight and sound, a quest for knowledge and stimulation, a grand roaming expedition, and a living breathing work of art in its own right,’ (Lovejoy & Morris)” (Wright & Sites). When walking get lost, if you are use to walking the same path everyday, you should change it up. If you usually go straight on a road, go left for a change. Go into places you have never been. All of this will help you open up to a whole new world of new sounds. Which to me is very exciting.
You like to believe that there is more and better things to find and experience in the world. Reading this types of articles help in force this. Going out and getting sounds (and video) for my drift 1 and 2 and advancing my media arts is an interesting experience and it’s sometimes hard. Reading this article and others help me see that you are able to get different and new sounds all the time. Just getting lost once and awhile is good for you. Taking a left when you usually take a right. Eating at a new restaurant, or just meeting new people. All of this helps you advance you knowledge of sounds and help you with your media arts.