>> THIS SQUIGGLY BLOB IS A REPRESENTATION OF MY LIFE.

IT BEGAN WITH A JOGGING APP TO TRACK MY ROUTE.

BUT BECAUSE I FIND JOGGING MOSTLY BORING, I TRANSITIONED TO MAPPING OTHER THINGS.

HERE'S A LAZY SUNDAY AT HOME WITH FREQUENT TRIPS BETWEEN THE KITCHEN AND LIVING ROOM.

HERE'S OUR FAVORITE NEIGHBORHOOD STROLL REPEATED OVER ND AND OVER AND OVER.

AND HERE ARE A COUPLE NATIONAL PARKS WE RECENTLY VISITED.

PUTTING ALL THIS TOGETHER INVOLVED A LOT OF GUESS WORK.

I'M OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE LIVED MOST OF Y LIFE WITHOUT A PHONE.

BUT I DO THINK THIS IS THE GENERAL BALLPARK.

YOU CAN SEE A CLEAR CONCENTRATION CLOSE TO HOME.

SUMMER ROAD TRIPS ACROSS THE U.S. AND ALSO LESS IFFERENT, BUT AMENDMENT RABBLING INTERNATIONAL VACATIONS.

WHAT URPRISED ME IS OW CLOSELY THIS BLOB ALIGNS WITH MY WORLD VIEW.

I TEND TO BE SOMEWHAT AMERICAN IN MY SENSIBILITIES, BUT I'VE ALSO SEEN JUST ENOUGH OF THE WORLD THAT I DON'T PRETEND MY WAY IS THE ONLY WAY TO LIVE.

MY BROTHER TRAVELS INTERNATIONALLY FOR WORK, AND UNSURPRISINGLY, HIS TAKE IS OFTEN MORE NUANCED THAN MY OWN.

I ALSO HAVE A FEW FRIENDS WHO HAVE GONE TRULY BOHEMIAN, WANGDERRING THE EARTH LIKE A GAME OF CANDYLAND AND THEIR PERSPECTIVES ARE ITHER TOO ENLIGHTENED FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND OR ELSE ALL THOSE TIME ZONE CHANGES HAVE MADE THEM WEIRD.

THIS IS WHY I THINK IT WOULD BE FUN TO HAVE PATTERN PARTIES.

WE ALL PRINT OUR MAPS ON T-SHIRTS AND HANG OUT, IMPLY TO SEE WHAT WE DISCOVER.

I'M SURE WE'D NOTICE PLENTY OF UNEXPECTED OVERLAPS AND THAT CAN BE A BONDING EXPERIENCE FOR HUMANS.

OR MAYBE WE'D UST DO WHAT WE USUALLY DO AND CLUSTER WITH THE PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE US.

OVERALL, CREATING THESE IMAGES HELPED ME APPRECIATE OUR MIGRATION PATTERNS ARE YET ANOTHER EXPRESSION OF SELF, LIKE FINGERPRINTS OR MAYBE BRAIN SCANS.

THEY REFLECT WHO WE ARE AND SHAPE WHO WE BECOME.

THEY COULD ALSO MAKE REALLY COOL JOCKING