Part of learning usually includes subjecting yourself to things you wouldn't ordinarily do. It is through new experiences and the way they relate to old experiences that we gain a different perspective. (Not to sound too cliche about it)
For the next portion of this class, we are to go on something referred to as a "Drift". It is a drift because we're drifting away from the normal hallways that comprise our lives, and instead walk to places we've never been. (Usually because our daily routine doesn't require it.)
Since a key part of this field recording assignment specifies that we must go on a walk that is separate from our "will" or "choice", I decided to use the Fibonacci series to determine which direction I go.
For those of you that don't know, Leonardo Fibonacci was an Italian mathematician who published a series of numbers that pattern after the addition of two preceding numbers, starting with (0,1). So 0 + 1 = 1. 1+1=2, etc. The series is 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13...
So with that in mind, starting at the front door, I will flip a coin to see if my first direction is left or right. If it's heads, I'll go right. If it's tails, I'll go left. I'll then use my watch and walk for one minute, and then turn the opposite direction that I began with. After three minutes, I'll turn again, and so forth. The idea is to create a pattern that is outside my normal activities, in the hopes of arriving in a new area of the city, and capturing some interesting sounds with a mini-disk recorder. Since it's difficult to get accustomed to the sounds of new areas, I will continue this pattern for 4 hours.
I hope that I will be able to record unfamiliar sounds in somewhat unfamiliar territory, and also see if the Fibonacci series leads somewhere interesting.