Verde Smoke

Week 3 - 9/24 Monday – 9am – Student Holiday (really?) I’m on campus even though it’s supposedly a student holiday, and I’m hit with the unique feel of campus when not as many students are on it. It’s very subtle how the inhabitants affect the physical feel of an institutional building. And, it’s interesting how more relaxed I feel and act when the throng of students is breathing through the walls or moving through the hallways. Obviously the light has more freedom too. The light not blocked by human bodies or professors putting down the shades or closing doors.

9/23 Saturday - 11am – I’m sleeping in a bit today, taking advantage of the last days in my orange bedroom before I move next weekend. I’m enjoying the play of the light off the ivy outside my window through the blinds, because it’s about the hint of a nice outside. I can be lazy inside but still enjoy the sunshine this way.

Week 2 [9/17-9/22] - 9/17 Monday - 9am - I’m walking from my ridiculously far away spot in the Westgate lot on the MIT campus, but I try to not begrudge my fate and observe some light on the way. When I walk by the Briggs athletic field, I notice an almost invisible layer of fog of humidity over the grass. I don’t find this entirely surprising because we’re close to the Charles River at this point but you can’t necessarily see it from the road I’m walking on.