Micro/Macro

The place in Milwaukee that reminds me of an object is Sunrise Foods in Riverwest on the corner of Weil street and Locust street. Sunrise Foods has a soft place in my heart because last year I lived extremely near there and would go quite frequently. So frequently, in fact, that all of the workers there all knew me by my first name and would all greet me by it when I came in(and still do whenever I make it over there). This summer right after I moved away from that immediate area I made it back and purchased a pair of sunglasses for $3 and they became my favorite pair. Now every time I wear them and someone comments on them I always tell them they are from Sunrise Foods and become a sort of advertisement for them.

The object that reminds me of a place in Milwaukee is simply a glass. The place that it reminds me of is Lakefront Brewery, which is technically between MIAD and UWM. Ever since I turned 21 years old, everyone had been telling me I had to go visit cause it was so fun and such a good deal. I never had the opportunity to do so. Almost every single person I knew had the free glass that was given to them at the end of the tour and I was so jealous. Some of my friends had two or three of them! I needed to get one for myself. I almost cared more about possessing one of the glasses then I did about actually getting the tour. Finally, two of my friends decided to plan a day to go on the tour and I was finally able to go. I finally received my glass at the end of the tour and was quite proud.






For my intervention, I teamed up with fellow UWM students Lisa Press and Amber Blanchard. We decided to disrupt people's walking patterns by splitting the sidewalk into two halves with environmentally friendly (and also pretty to look at) seeds and beans. We created at sort of divider of the sidewalk to some, but others may also look at it as a pathway to follow. The point was to make the traveler of the sidewalk to make a decision once approaching our few squares of sidewalk in which we placed our trail of seeds and beans. I am anxious to see if people leave it be and chose sides to walk on, or completely disrupt it and interact with it.