Last week, one of the things I practiced was drawing labyrinths. It’s easy if you’re looking at the book, but hard if you’re just winging it. Apparently some people do finger labyrinths every day to clear their minds. I think I’d do better with a physical one.
For my walk today, I tried making a labyrinth out of my neighborhood. The plan: from home, walk one half block north, then head east one block, south a block, then west a block. At the end of each circle, I’d expand the walk by another block, expanding two blocks, and then three.
On the second round, I realized that our neighborhood is bordered on the south by Fremont Street, which has an elementary school (which I could cut behind), but then it gets disorganized and industrial. No clear blocks. And to the west of us, I can go about four blocks out before I run into I-5. Bleh.
Next in my exploration of urban labyrinths, making an actual plan that starts large and winds inward toward my house. That’ll take care of the Fremont street issue, and if I plan it right, the I-5 issue as well.
Here’s a map of where I did go. As I was making my final lap (having already gone down Fremont twice) I found another swing set! Hell yeah! (Of course I stopped to swing.)
