Night walk
On September 28th I went to Millennium Park. I remembered it was very cold and rainy on that day. this is the first day that I wear trouser in Chicago.
On the way to Millennium park I was walking on the Michigan Avenue, and I noticed one thing, which is I can see a lot of people, and some of them are citizens and some of them are tourists walking on the street on the left and the street on the right I didn’t see a lot of people, but I can see some trees, flowers and statue. I feel very strange about why people like to stay with tall buildings and stores, but not grass, trees and flowers?
when I came to Millennium park I was so surprised because when I first got there, it was dark and there is no lights. I vaguely saw some water on the ground, and I thought it was a small river at first.
However, when I feel bored about this park the lights on the fountain turned on and the fountain began to spray water. The other fountain also did the same thing, and the two fountains are facing each other and spray water in the middle, which is reason I can see water in the middle, and the water was very shallow. The designer projected the face of the person onto both fountains by projection, which make people think fountains didn’t spray water, but people’s faces were spraying water. It was interesting and creative.
When I was walking in the millennium park I saw some couples enjoyed in the park some of them are young and some of them are old , which shows that this park has the attraction, which make people want to meet each other and want to establish a good relationship there. When i was walking in the Millennium I start to thinking that If I meet with someone in the park we will have a very good conversation and we will become friends. I also think that in the cities people need places like Millennium, which is quiet, comfortable and meaningful, but not always the tall buildings, businesses, car sound and train sound. In Millennium I heard couples talked to each other, water and wind, and these sounds doesn’t make me feel loud and uncomfortable, but I kind like enjoy the sounds. When I walking in the park I feel peaceful, and I can think about something that I will not think.
I kept walking and I saw the cloud gate. It is a silver bean, but because it was dark so the bean became black bean. It was already late at that time, but I can still saw a lot of people there. I heard people talk to each other and I saw friends enjoyed the time there, and that make me think maybe it will be more comfortable when people hangout in the park rather than in the party or restaurant.
Then I took a reflection of me and I found a place to sit down and I start to recalled my memory. I recalled the reason why I choose to get education in the United States, and some frustrations in my life. I was thinking about why every time I make a goal and I always forget my goal very quickly, and how can I improve myself and how to face the problems and solve these problems. Maybe this is the charm of walking, which make me think, and improve and relax myself. Not just me, people also need the places like this.
