Sacred Path Project

Too tired to write anything of any merit today so instead I'm just posting images of the project that was due last Friday. My design was for a "Sacred Path" for the meadow at Luther Burbank Park. It was inspired by local Native American legends surrounding supernatural beings associated with geological events (like earthquakes), and also the idea of the labyrinth.

Luther Burbank Park Revisited

I have this "sacred space" design proposal I have to create for a class. We are presenting them to a panel on Friday and since I was working on homework today I realized that it would be helpful to go back to the site and get a sense of the space again. It turned out to be really helpful. Figured I would throw up a few of the pictures I took. Included is a view of an earth sculpture by John Hoge and a view of some of the ritzy homes with private yachts on Mercer Island that you can see from the docks. *sigh* I need a friend with a yacht.

(Note: Sorry for the poor picture quality, I just realized I had the camera on the wrong setting. Still, you get the idea.)

Field Trips can be Dangerous

We had a very eventful field trip today. After a couple of hours in class talking about the next assignment, we split up and met at Luther Burbank Park on Mercer Island. We ate lunch and commenced our exploration of the site. Unfortunately, not too long after we started wandering, one of the students slipped on a steep path while taking a photograph and ended up damaging his knee somehow. Seemed like it was dislocated most likely. After the fire department, police, and ambulance eventually came and left we continued on with our wanderings. Hopefully he's doing okay, they did take him to the hospital. The rest of us had a good time after the initial excitement, it was a really nice park.