Trails Project

King County Trail System, WA (2009-10)


Over ten months I explored the King County Trail System. I created, in collaboration with Susan Robb , Caribou: a Walking Game (video below). We led a "A Long Walk" from Seattle to Snoqualmie Falls (40 miles in three days). I also gathered stories from the public about their experiences on the trails and posted them at TrailsProject.com .


Photo collage and stories: one, two, three, four. Caribou (3 min. video).



graffiti

We're all on a deadline. Maybe that's why I'm on this walk. There's no deadline. I can do whatever I want. There's no management, no supervisor. I'm a designer so I like to look at things... I thought I'd take some pictures of the graffiti on these rail cars because some of it's art.


There's another reason I'm doing this. It's more of an internal reason. I'm totally bipolar and my mind is turned on all the time and I'm trying to turn it off... so this is good. This is quiet. It gets somewhat extinguished because my mind is on fire... - Gary (walking just south of the Fred Meyer near Ballard)





Stokley Towles








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