Artist date #2 Austin edition: Field notes

I walk out the door, dressed in a red dress and borrowed sunglasses. The feeling that hits me immediately is freedom.

I have a little blue notebook from my college years full of exam reminders, books I wanted to read, and my favorite- field notes from Chicago neighborhoods. Back then, I made it a habit to take the train and get off at random stops on the brown line- Western, Diversey, Fullerton. I’d spend hours wandering, getting lost, and writing my discoveries as if …