This was one of my favorite assignments. I went on the walk with my little brother and my dog, which will be referred to as a baby polar bear in my audio clips (you will see). We went on a fairly rainy day, it was still cloudy, but the forecast said it should stop raining for about half an hour. So, we set out on our adventure.

My little brother and I took pictures of everything. We noted every possible sign of life and even imagined we were explorers, trying to avoid a mama polar bear. As fun as all that was, it was really beautiful to be so in tune with nature. I never noticed all the different plants and flowers, or all the carvings in the trees, nor have I ever heard such a pretty harmony coming from a water stream and the sounds of rain drops. I was so inspired by these sounds that Josh Yekelchik and I used the sounds for our Makey Makey instrument. The different scenes and pictures from this soundwalk also become the backbone for my chibitronic and paper circuit story.