Drift Assessment 3

One thing that surprised me after my drift one was the quality of the recordings that I captured. Although, some of them were plagued with evidence of my own movement during the recording, or wind coming and making the mics peak, I still was very happy with the sounds that I had to listen to. I found that some of them were really a lot deeper than I had tried to do while recording, or they almost developed into their own ensemble through different sounds serving as separate instruments.
Another thing that I had not expected was for these processes to reciprocate into how I felt or experienced my day-to-day life. I began hearing a unique sound or capturing a unique perspective of a situation that occurred without my own obtrusion into that environment that I wished I had the MD recorder or the digital camera to capture the moment.
One social issue that was brought to my attention while going on my drift one was the variance in the upkeep of different areas on my drift. Some looked like they hadn't ever seen a street sweeper, a public sidewalk that hadn't seen a shovel, or a lot was an empty plot that was covered in all sorts of trash. It made things a little more apparent regarding a certain imbalance that occurs in different parts of the Milwaukee area. It conflicted with my perception that
public parks and public areas that are a responsibility of the city would all be tended to equivalently. I can see why people would be upset by this especially if this was a trend that you are used to occurring throughout your life. I have come to realize that your personal mood is greatly effected by your surroundings, and as a larger culture we should embrace this as means to realize how important it is to have actions speak louder than words, especially within the political world.