Week 5-6: Challenges Mount – Trials and Deceptions

 Week 5-6: Challenges Mount

The work intensifies. The city demands more. And I must deliver.

The Work

•   A brief retreat home. Valentine’s Day. My mother’s birthday. Even warriors need respite.
  
  
•    The signage and wayfinding presentation takes form. The city must be seen, understood.
  
  
• · Roundabout wayfinding and sculptures—giving character to a place still defining itself.
  
  

  

  American Basketflower

  
  
•   SketchUp models and Lumion renderings—visions evolve, plans shift.
  
  
  
  

  

  2023 me wouldn't understand

  
  
•    Then, the illness. Three days lost to the abyss.
  
  
•    Sidewalk sketches and modeling—the unseen arteries of the city. ADA compliance is the law. Aesthetic cohesion is the challenge.
  
  
  
  

  

  Street.

  
  
•  A brush with deception. Almost fell victim to the unseen enemy—a work email scam. Thought my boss needed Apple gift cards, four of them, $500 each. Drove to Apple, ready to serve. Reality hit before the transaction did. Lesson learned: always question the shadows 

The Hunt Grows Cold

·         The Pit (Again)

o    Food: 4/10 – The fire dimmed. The spark, lost.

o    Environment: 3/10 – A shadow of its former self.

Verdict: A Downturn

No sustenance worth remembering. The fight continues.

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