Creative Location Paper: Reflect On Your Experience

DUE: Monday, 11/20

PART 1

Ultimately settle on the reading attached (here is new york) on one to study. Please print that one out and make notes, especially regarding how the writer creates a sense of place for the audience.

PART 2

Under the sway of the reading, venture out to the neighborhood of Upper East Side in NYC (you can determine the extent of your wandering as some of the neighborhoods are fairly large). Plan to spend a couple of hours there. Walk around. Take in the sights, sounds, and smells. Slow your pace. Don't look down at your phone. Don't jam your brain with loud music or ear buds. Pay attention. Find somewhere to sit (a local cafe, a park bench) and take notes (ideally on pen and paper). Observe carefully and purposefully all that's around you. Begin to consider how the larger social, artistic, and natural forces of the city intersect at this site. Talk to locals. Find out something that other people don't know. (You can make something up if needed)

PART 3

For the formal writing, reflect on your experience including as much sensory detail as possible. Maybe even try to write in the style of the author you chose. A page or so should do. On a separate page, type out a list of things you'd like to learn about the neighborhood. What would you need to know more about in order to unlock the secrets of this particular place in NYC? Consider any aspect-- historical, cultural, geographical, political, etc.

Approx. 2 pages total (1 more narrative in structure, 1 in list form); standard formatting guidelines.