For my project I wanted to explore the relationship between my own perception and recorded satellite tracking. I've become obsessed with apps like Google Maps that track your route when you go on a trip, as the path is distorted due to connection interruptions, accuracy limitations, and my own movement. For this experiment I went to a safe space of my own; a wide open field blanketed with snow in the middle of the night. I pulled my beanie over my eyes and let myself wander, taking in the silence created by the miles of fresh snowfall. In my hands I had my sketchbook and a pen and drew out my perceived path as I walked. I then compared the images from the digital tracking and my drawings.
This turned out to be a profound experience for me personally. The silence and the cold and the dark made me especially aware of my body and my thoughts, yet it was easy to allow myself to wander in both body and mind. I felt like the whole world had receded away and that the field I was in spread out for miles in which I felt minuscule. The lines I drew trembled more and more on the page as I walked and as my fingertips grew numb. Once I couldn't feel anything, I uncovered my eyes, oriented myself, and went back to my car. 
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