For my cognitive map, I started off drawing the area I frequent most: the engineering buildings and the area near the recreational center. As I drew more areas and buildings, I soon realized that there was no way I was going to fit all the buildings I had in my mind onto the paper. So I improved and only drew buildings that I went to most or buildings that I strongly associated with the thought of CSULB. In the end, I really liked that my map isn’t directionally accurate but still showed its location in relation to other landmarks. I also liked that my map was specific to me and the places that I thought were important.
Creating my automatic drawing was a lot better than I thought it’d be! It was really relaxing to just settle down after writing the artist conversation and close my eyes, letting my hands go where they wanted on the paper. When I opened my eyes, I was really surprised that my drawing wasn’t just incomprehensible squiggles. To me, it looked as if I drew the outline of a turtle or a bear. And so, I continued with my art project by adding paint! I didn’t have a brush so I just used my fingers to paint in the sections of my outline. The resulting product isn’t perfectly within the lines but I really enjoyed the process of making it!
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