In preparation for this assignment I made a conscious effort to pay attention to what I do when I go to class. What I've found was that I do very, very little. I become myopic: I focus on my goal and how to get there. I take in absolutely no notice of the feel of the taste of the air as I walk to class or the feeling of the texture of the lining of my pockets. Only after I get to class, sit in my chair, and open up the computer program I use to take notes does it hit me that it was extremely cold and I should have taken a coat or that it was raining and I'm soaked.
What I do do is mentally track my position relative to my goal and focus on recognizing landmarks which indicate when I need to turn. I don't look at things like street signs or address numbers for directions, as these may not be visible along my path. Rather, I look at the outlines of the buildings that tower over me as I walk to class. When I see a given building's silhouette, I know to turn.
Thus, the picture below. No sound or smell or touch or taste, nor planes of color or grain or pattern: just outlines of buildings. The colors I use are false color - they are simply there to indicate a conscious differentiation between buildings, because I do make such differentiations while walking to class. I have passed this building, next I must look for that building.
I also consciously avoided providing a sense of direction along the path. I have found that when someone I know passes by me on the path visualized below and waves or says hello they wake me from my robotic stupor and cause me to lose track of what I was doing. Was I going to class, or from it?
Finally, I felt I should note that I made the outlines of the buildings glow for a very well thought out reason: it looks cool.
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