It has been an exciting morning. I got a first glimpse of one of my maps (site one) arrive in my inbox. Jillian seems to be making good progress and from this first version, seems to be interpreting my rough deigns as I hoped and more. Little details in my design have been translated into this much more ‘official’ language, making me re-look at this site. It is almost like hoovering up all the untidiness of the place, all the chaos of my first scribblings and seeing it anew in strange clarity. One of the details that stood out on initial viewing of this first version was one of my features – an old mattress, (which in reality is rotting, broken and half buried in the undergrowth), in the map it is shown by the little symbol of a bed, kind of like the thing you would find on a road sign for a B&B. This little detail seemed quite significant and the status of this mattress reinstated somehow. I can’t wait to see more of the drafts! What a fantastic experience, having Jillian help me to explore these places again.
