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Exploring the line through Ply

This is just one Idea, Other ideas may include other parts of the ply definition such as;

direct (numerous questions) at someone:the presiding judge plied him with a series of absurd questions.

[ no obj. ] (of a vessel or vehicle) travel regularly over a route, typically for commercial purposes: ferries ply across a strait to the island.

work with (a tool, esp. one requiring steady, rhythmic movements): a tailor delicately plying his needle.

short for plywood

other possibilities could come by using the visual thesaurus

As a result of these definitions I can focus on the words: repetition or layers, and strength

1. Some new possible plans are; Building a bridge using found objects built with layers

2. Going out with a videocamera and asking people we find along the line If they would walk across the bridge in the last idea to test its strength

3. finding plywood and laying it across the line. I could also possibly combine this one with skateboarding and document it with photos and possibly videos

4. Taking the pictures, overlapping them and changing the transparencies to create a stronger, different, more interesting image

5.using some sort of tool like a hammer across the line (as long as I don’t break anything this could be cool to document with photos)

A map of my territory area and its boundaries and its cracks for exploration #12

Exploration # 12

50 things about my territory area

1. skateboard spot

2. coached Ting through his first 5 stair ollie

3. the territory is not on the grass- GRASS SUCKS

4. at night the lights come on and on cloudy days, the lights are actually brighter than the sun

5. at night the grass gets wet and super slippery

6. The sidewalk is narrow

7. the territory does not extend into the construction site

8. this place is right in between the freshman dorms (except Oppenhiem) and Powell

9. If you are looking to the west, the territory is to the right of Perlman Hall

10. During the day, the parking lots to the southeast and northeast get full of cars. These cars get in the way all the time and are bad

11. the handrail on the stairs to the west of the territory that goes into the construction is rare on campus; it doesn’t have kinks on the end

12. I really wish the sidewalk had no cracks in it when I get sick of them, I go to the parking lot

13. There is a fun curb to the east of the sidewalk that has a railing over it. If only that railing wasn’t there…

14. there is a 5 set of stairs, then a 6 set of stairs to the west of the 5 set of stairs

15. to the south of the parking lot, there is a wicked crack in front of the stairs there

16. the stairs to the east of the parking lot are epic when there aren’t cars blocking them

17. if you go to the north end of the parking lot, there is a curb, then some grass an then the skinny sidewalk. If the sidewalk where fatter this would be awesome

18. the long sidewalk that intersects the west side of the territory sidewalk gets super crowded with some really nice people that can get in your way

19. In contrast to back at home, here at Alfred, there are stairs everywhere, usually with lots of run up and landing. The stairs here are good examples

20. the right handrail on the 5 stair is missing. It would be soooo nice to have a new one, without a kink on the end

21. when it starts snowing, the hill on the grass as well as the picnic table moved around a bit is gonna be a neat place to try snowboarding

22. If you stand on the sidewalk and look to the west, you get a great view of the construction. I wonder when they will be done?

23. if you go to the north of the parking lot, there is a perfect pothole that goes right around a storm drain. Why is that storm drain a foot below the pavement?

24. If you go further north from that pothole you will get to some construction stuff next to McMahon engineering building. Some of this stuff could be useful some time

25. Halfway done the list! The fenced in area to the east of McMahon is actually a great shortcut. There’s also some neat stuff in there that could be useful.

26. If you go a little west from the construction stuff there is another sidewalk with an obviously not virgin ledge to the right.

27. there used to be fence pieces and other junk blocking the path from the not virgin ledge but they where recently moved leaving behind a gravel mess.

28. #’s 23-27 are not actually in the territory, they are just points of interest. The official North edge of the territory is the north edge of the sidewalk with the 5 and 6 stair sets on it and it extends to the fun curb mentioned in #13.

29. I have never seen anyone ever use this sidewalk that the territory is on and only once or twice have I seen people use the picnic table to the north in the awful grass. Although its never actually used, I’m so glad its there.

30. This area has a lot of handicap ramps too, but they are not part of the territory.

31. The pavement leading up to the fun curb mentioned in # 13 is actually at a slight angle making the curb even more fun

32. there are exactly 34 documented cracks in the territory (including sidewalk cracks)

33. there are no trees it the territory

34. there is only 1 patch of grass in the territory (and it’s the worst part of the territory)

35. when the cars leave out of the parking lot, you can use the parking lot lines as markers to measure distance. The average parking space is about 8.5 feet

36.The length of this list so far is 800 words, that’s the minimum size for the Wild Spirits and Ancient Kings Art history class paper.

37. I’ve written twice as much in this list than I wrote for my first writing class essay.

38. The handrails in the territory have a nice burgundy red color.

39. #32 is actually gonna help me do Exploration # 8 the mapping of cracks. I’m counting that one and this list (a modified exploration #12) as my 2 explorations about my territory area.

40. Except for #32, I didn’t leave my room and actually go to the territory for ideas until now

41. In the southwest corner of the parking lot, there is a massive gap over a curb corner and lots of grass to a sidewalk.

42. The curb to the north and south of eastern end of the sidewalk is an excellent place to set a jacket, cell phone, keys, or whatever else you may want to put down

43. the lines in the parking lot are yellow and not the usual white

44. there are 10 stairs on the set that is to the east of the parking lot

45. there are 5 stairs on the set to the south of the parking lot with the wicked crack in front of it

46. There are no cracks in the pavement of the parking lot in the territory

47. There are 2 sidewalks that branch off of the south side of the territory sidewalk. One goes to Perlman and one goes to the handicap ramp. These are not part of the territory.

48. The word count now exceeds the maximum allowed in the Wild Spirits and Divine Kings art history paper if you read this far you are a trooper.

49. There are only 3 actual stress cracks in the sidewalk

50. YAY I’m finally done! The sidewalk is actually a beige color, the pavement in the parking lot is a sort a blueish grey color when dry, and the grass is green.

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