Ryan Rash
ENG 101
Linthicum
9-15-12
Observation Notes
Barrett
Honor College
- - I sit on this bench that is slightly off the path that so many fellow students are taking as I type and immediately I connect the dots. Sometimes, even just taking a minuscule step back from your everyday path allows you to see what you are from an absolutely fresh perspective.
- - People seem to be happiest when they’re just, living. Nothing more, and obviously nothing less.
- - All the various things that are happening right now are contributing to just one moment at a time. The density of a moment is unfathomable.
- - Think about the fact that every place has a history. What was happening at this very spot exactly a year ago? 2 years? 100 years? A million?
- - The clash between the grass and cement has caught my attention now. For some reason, it makes me think of Yin and Yang.
- - I enjoy the architecture that went into Barrett. It’s fitting that one of ASU’s most innovative structures would be in the place where ASU’s most innovative students live.
- - Barrett is different than any other dorm I've been too so far. It is common to see study groups, people reading books, etc. I get a sense that the residents have a great balance of appreciation for their great living situation and dedication to using the situation to the full potential.
- - ASU has a lot of beautiful women.
- - I feel like trees are a great symbol of life. They quite literally start from small roots and grow at a slow pace. The older they get though, the more they expand and the more beautiful they become. I like to think of each new branch as a new piece of wisdom that will stay with them throughout their life.
- - I see what I have to assume to be Barrett tours for high school seniors and it brings me back to when I was thinking about what college would be like. I was wrong about almost everything.
- - This open field seems like there’s always commotion going on- people walking through, hookah circles, etc. Yet when I sit down and look at it in a controlled environment, it’s truly a peaceful place.
- - In my ideal, but unachievable world, I would most definitely live in these dorms.
- - I’m starting to find it pretty difficult to continue to elaborate on such a simple place but somehow things keep popping into my head. It’s a very cerebral place.
- - I wish I could have been here during the construction process. I want to know what kind of transformation occurred to the overall feel of the same place.
I thought you're observations were really neat to read, I myself live in Barrett and I never take the time to sit down on one of those benches and observe, so you basically just did it for me. Although I'll have to do it through my own "lens" sometime. I agree with you on the lots of commotion happening. I find myself entering and leaving the safety of the castle-like structures of Barrett multiple times a day and seem to be a part of the goings-on. I like how you asked what it would be like in that same space 2, 100 or a million years previous, different people would be occupying that space doing different things. Or maybe a long time ago, bigger plants, no human development, different creatures, like dinosaurs maybe, who knows? Possibilities are endless. To add, I like how the Palm trees completely surround the square it creates a sort of boundary and makes people within the honors college feel special or collected within themselves. I think you have good notes to write a draft and final copy on, they go deeper than just seeing the material and aesthetically pleasing things.
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