May 14, 2019: Outdoor Observation

As a method of brainstorming and conceptualizing for my Time Map assignment, I went outdoors to embrace the sights, sounds and scents around me. Upon exiting the building, leaves swaying along to the light breeze in the air were consistent throughout the time I spent outdoors. Among the leaves, there were birds flying and chirping and butterflies grounded along branches of bushes enclosing the walkways. It appeared to be a nice day with the absence of clouds from the sky, which is rare having experienced last years stormy weather daily during the summer term.

Regardless of the sounds of nature present during the outdoor observation, there was a consistent disruptive sound that seemed to mask the delightful sights and sounds of nature. It seems that there is a construction sight along the facade of the building, where one can hear hammering of metal beams, machinery beeping and buzzing, along with dust lingering in the air from the site. Though the aspects of nature I observed were minuscule compared to that of the sight, the observations made were still of importance to the overall development of my list of sights, sounds and scents.