This my fourth blog post, however, I will be focusing this post on my first project, my walking tour.
I love hearing and telling stories and have always felt stories are the best way to connect with strangers and friends alike. This pandemic has been a disaster. We have all been isolated from human contact for over a year now, and whether or not your vaccinated, things are not even close to "normal." I haven't seen my progressively deteriorating grandmother in over a year and haven't seen my grandparents on my mom's side since my poppy's funeral in 2019. I miss hearing stories and seeing smiles more than I can describe.
For my walking tour I wanted to stray from depressing COVID-19 facts, news and stories and focus on things that will make people smile and generate a running discussion on funny topics. I talked about my first college party, crazy roommate tales, real (fake?) ID stories and more and was really happy with how quickly I learned about all of my classmates. It wasn't perfect, it wasn't poetic, and it wasn't aesthetically pleasing. . . so . . . was it art? Who cares? It contributed to Michael's radical utopian experiment of making us all be friends and in turn positively contribute to our own community.
Yes it was art. And it was enjoyable so you absolutely accomplished your goal.