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| 8/17/17 I-5 overpass, Green Lake neighborhood |
Like many other urban sketchers visiting Chicago last
month, I found myself compelled to sketch the El’s supports and infrastructure. Certainly they were visually
interesting, but seeing things with fresh eyes makes everything more interesting.
The typical Chicagoan seeing us sketching on Wabash Street probably wondered
what could possibly be so captivating about that scene so familiar to them.
The I-5 overpass across Weedin Place Northeast near Green
Lake is a scene I see nearly every day. Yesterday as I was driving home from an
errand, I was suddenly captivated by the broad stripes of dark and light formed
by the freeway and its shadow. For just a moment I took off my native
Seattleite’s eyes – now blind to most things I pass every day – and put on a
fresh pair belonging to a visitor.
Nicely done. I think we tend to ignore things like this in our own backyards. It is fun to think about how a visitor would see a scene we see so often.
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