Spring Break was heavily dedicated to spending time with family as well as re-energizing my design process and imagination. I traveled to Lake Tahoe for the first part of the week, followed by a trip to Southern California. While in Lake Tahoe, I was able to surround myself with natural experiences. Spending two of three days at Sierra-At-Tahoe Ski resort snowboarding; one of my favorite activities in life. I find a release in snowboarding that I do not feel anywhere else. A connection with nature and it’s architecture is a one-of-a kind experience and I feel that greatly while flying down the mountain on my snowboard.
Nature can be one of our greatest teachers in life as well as the design process. By finding inspiration in the transformation and growth of nature’s architecture, we can incorporate that emotional connection into our work both mentally and physically. There is a sense of everything we look for to create and design within nature. For the second part of Spring Break, I traveled to Southern California with my family to help support and cheer on my youngest sister’s Junior National High School cheer competition. While there, we visited Disneyland and had an enormous amount of built experiences. I have been going to Disneyland all my life but yet always manage to see something new and exciting. You cannot help but feel like a child again when you enter through gates onto Main Street, looking right down to Sleeping Beauty’s Castle. It is something that cannot be duplicated, in my opinion. The amount of man-made amazement in Disneyland is spectacular. Breaking free of the everyday hassles of life, Disneyland provides a moment where life stand stil ls and the imagination has a chance to run free. It really is the Happiest Place on Earth!
Trail Map
Lower Powderhorn
Lake Tahoe
Sleeping Beauty’s Castle
“World Of Color Light & Water Show” California Adventure
Mickey’s ToonTown & Splash Mountain