Learn by wandering

 

 


Eyes open

 



 


 

 

Head out of the phone

 

 

 

 

Look around

 

 

 

Up

 

 

 

Down

 

 

 

Down alleyways

 

 

 

 

Side paths, sidewalks, side entrances

 

 

 

Look for less crowded cafes

 

 

 

Visit neighborhoods you never heard of and your friends have never talked about

 

 

 

Pay attention to the buildings you’ve walked by dozens of times before

 

 

 

Go up

 

 

 

 

Take a long walk

 

 

 

Go to a skate park even though you don’t skate. Walk into an art supply store even though you don’t paint.

 

 

 

Read the signs

 

 

 

Read the rocks

 

 

 

Eat delicious pizza without standing in line for an hour

 

 

 

 

Watch your step

 

 

 

 

Notice texture

 

 

 

 

Don’t expect to love everything you see

 

 

 

Have a day without time constraints

 

 

 

Look for Art and art

 

 

 

 

Wander through small parks

 

 

 

Take a road you never heard of

 

 

 

Then, another

 

 

 

Look left

 

 

 

Look right

 

 

 

Don’t overlook the side streets that seem to go nowhere

 

 

 

Don’t overlook places that others might find depressing

 

 

 

Get a little lost

 

 

 

It’s New Haven, not Mongolia. You won’t be lost forever.

 

 

 

Find different angles

 

 

 

 

Be willing to have experiences that are not pre-packaged

 

 

 

Notice the details

 

 

 

Just don’t look up in awe

 

 

 

Expect to encounter the odd and the ordinary.

Worth visiting, pictured or not pictured: