Throughout my walk there was various Juxtapositions but one that stuck out to me the most was “Nature in the City.” New Yorkers including myself no longer observe , were too busy wondering what song will play next or perhaps the latest news on social media , but what about your city ? have we been up to date on what’s going on around us ? Did you notice the dying flowers ? or the trees that are slowly losing their leaves? probably not. In the article “What If You Could Choose Between The Fastest Route And The Most Beautiful” the author stated “If you give yourself and extra 10 minutes for a small detour on your journey, it can transform your experience of the city into something altogether more enjoyable” this like supports my project because it is motivating us to actually observe the city and our surroundings. On the passage “Here,Poverty And privilege are neighbors; income gaps are a source of resentment and guilt” the author states on the last paragraph “But you always get the sense in the back of your head that things would be different if you looked a certain way or had a certain amount of money” if we were to all look at things a certain way or view things into depth and really put thought into it we’ll discover New York City isn’t just a city but its a home, our home its more like a wakeup call. In the article by Colson Whitehead “The way we live now:11-11-01 lost and found” on the third paragraph he states ” The only skyscrapers visible from your carriage were the legs of adults, but you got to know the ground pretty well and started to wonder why some sidewalks sparkle at certain angles” at a very young age we started observing our surroundings and not only that but we started understanding what was what and comparing certain objects or colors and as we grew up it’s like we forgot all about the world and our city we get distracted very easily and I bet nobody knows how many stripes the crosswalk has. It’s very shocking how we have adapted to our own world then Our world.
