Space Walk

For the space walk we ventured out around campus to find and describe different aspects of shape in contrast to shallow space and depth. The first aspect of space I looked at was the stands and dugouts in contrast to the baseball field. The stands and the dugouts make up a backdrop of the stadium and really give it more life. The concept of a shallow space makes up a collection of smaller objects that bring together a bigger picture such as Scotland Yard as a whole. On the other hand for the depth portion of space I chose to look at Loyd and Loyd beach in relationship with the soccer fields and the soccer scoreboard. When you are standing up in front of Loyd or on Loyd beach it gives a great view of the soccer fields and scoreboard kind of like you are looking down into a valley. Without both Loyd/Loyd beach and the soccer fields the space would be very empty and just be a plain field whereas now it creates a generalization and separation of the athletic facilities on campus. My idea of a comfortable space was the computer pods in the library. They are not too close together but at the same time they are not so far away that you could not reach around and ask a friend for help. This comfortable space creates a calm and collected environment for student to use the computers and study. My idea of crazy and hectic space would be Pearson's at lunch time. Everyone rushes out of class to run to Pearson's and beat the crazy line. Most of the time the students do not beat the rush and are standing in line for what seems like hours. This uncomfortable space can create hostility among our fine students at MC!

Off Campus Walk

For my off campus walk I decided to walk around Pigeon Forge for the car show which was going on two weekends ago. While having tons of tourists walking around the streets of Pigeon Forge is not out of the ordinary, the new sights of all the classic cars is the main focus now. Some of the classic views of symmetry play into the roles of a completed classic automobile, while on the other hand different paint schemes and alterations to these classic cars cane create asymmetry and radial designs as well. It is fascinating how the lines are so clean and perfect on a freshly painted car. Other things such as texture and sound bring out the complete package. As for the uncompleted cars they also have a certain sense of symmetry, asymmetry, and radial design. Each classic car creates its own aspect of design. My dad builds classic cars as a hobby and the money he had made over the years is putting me through Maryville College right now. Watching my father build these cars blows my mind sometimes with the stuff he can do with different shapes of metal and fiberglass. By shaping and altering these shapes of metal and fiberglass the things he can create and mold are amazing and gives these cars their sense of symmetry, asymmetry, and radial design.