On the sixteenth day of the fabled “Savanna Studio”, the students awoke to that ever-annoying sound that is hotel wake-up calls. Trying to make the most of it, we showered and headed downstairs to engage in what would end up being an incredibly disappointing breakfast. Not to go off on a tangent, but that breakfast sucked. There was absolutely no hot food, and the garbage cans were WAY too small. Anyway, we headed out the door into the bustling city of New Orleans towards the oddly-named St. Louis Cemetery Number One. Upon arrival, we took notice that the cemetery did not open for another hour. We therefore decided that it was time for a makeshift lecture, one that ended up being quite interesting. We eventually entered the cemetery, which took us by surprise as a very unusual-looking place. We wandered around the labyrinth for a while doing sketches, and we saw the tomb of the still-living Nicholas Cage! Such a wonderful actor!
Later, we were split into groups, and assigned a new project. As groups, we were required to draw sections cuts and elevations of specific streets, while analyzing their social and cultural aspects. We spent a few hours drawing, and eventually we decided to break for lunch. Personally, I wanted to eat some of the local cuisine, so Jordan and I headed to a small deli where I ordered an alligator po-boy. My analysis: not bad. Eventually, the whole group met up in the middle of the French Quarter, in a small park called Jackson Square. We barely had time to look around there, as we swiftly (Michael Martin’s pace) departed towards the Piazza d’Italia. This plaza, which was built by a postmodern landscape architect in 1978, was the source of much intrigue by the Savanna students. After exploring its many fountains and inspecting the colorful columns that held it together, Michael decided it was time for another lecture. He talked about the plaza and its many criticisms, and so we all took notes like good students. By this point, it was about 3 PM, and the professors told us that we had the rest of the day to work on our street assignment.
Hearing this, we all departed in different directions. Some people even decided to pick up tickets to a Hornets vs. Clippers NBA game that night. The majority of the students spent the evening working on the Homochitto plots that had been assigned to us several days earlier. It wasn’t a hard assignment, but it was definitely time-consuming. Several others attended the game, and the consensus was that it was very boring. They paid for their poor decision by working on their plots late into the night. Eventually, everyone decided that it was time to go to sleep, in order to prepare for another day in the amazing/dirty/cultured/dangerous/European city of New Orleans.
Batman and Robin (Otherwise known as Sam and Tony)
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