Jarrod Wetzel-Brown

Jarrod Wetzel-Brown

For this sketch exercise I mapped out a very small part of campus that is mostly centered around the portion of Cambridge where I find myself walking often when not in class. This is the region where JFK Street meets Memorial Drive near the Charles River. I am a resident of Winthrop House (one of the twelve upperclassmen houses), and this building is my home away from home. I am originally from Michigan, and water has always been a very important part of my life, so I am extremely fortunate to be so close to the Charles River. The river itself and the surrounding bits of green/ makeshift gardens are reminiscent of the lush landscape of my farming village, and they comfort me when I am missing my family.

Along with Winthrop House, I have also highlighted six other locations on the map with a star icon because those places are locations where I have had precious experiences or made some sort of memory. I have highlighted one of my favorite study spots in the John F. Kennedy Park, the bar where I spent a stupendous evening for my twenty-first birthday, and even the Office of International Education where I have been developing my upcoming study abroad experience! There are obviously many more places that mean something to me on Harvard’s campus, but a few special locations have been noted on this first exercise! I hope you enjoy observing it!