Rylee LouisaHOW MUCH LIFE?nowRaleigh, NC01 / 50

EXPERIENCES / FIELD RECORDS

This is what happened when I was here.

Places, meals, firsts, failures, and ordinary hours—given only as much space as they actually deserve.

ROUTE CONTEXTWashington, DC → Raleigh, NCChapter 01 · Aug 23—Sep 19
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RECORDING NOT YET AVAILABLEROAD SOUND — BETWEEN CHAPTERSFILM + AUDIO FRAGMENT NOT YET PROCESSED
WHAT I DID / FIRST

I took the Metro alone.

A small first that felt larger before it happened. I got on, figured it out, and then it was simply how I moved through the city.

THIS BEGAN HEREWashington, DC
PLAYFIELD RECORDINGS — STEAD PARK + FOUNDRYTwo original recordings preserved
A notebook near a bright window in Raleigh
CHAPTER IMAGE · RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
WHERE I WENT / ORDINARY PLACE

The table I worked from for four hours.

Not a review. Not a recommendation. Just the place where the project became emails, edits, cold coffee, and a decision about where to go next.

I WORKED HERERaleigh, North Carolina
RECORDING NOT YET AVAILABLEPLAY THE ROOM — RALEIGH, LATE MORNINGField recording will live here
An ordinary domestic moment from the Raleigh chapter
CHAPTER IMAGE · BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND RALEIGH
WHAT I ATE / IN TRANSIT

Ate this in the car.

The receipt is gone. The exact order is not important enough to reconstruct. What remains is the first meal between chapters.

BETWEEN CHAPTERSBetween Washington and Raleigh
RECORDING NOT YET AVAILABLEROAD SOUND — SOUTHBOUNDFilm and sound fragment not yet processed
THING I ALMOST DIDN’T DO / 001

I almost didn’t walk in alone.

Before: I thought I would look like I did not belong. After: I went in. It was fine. That is the whole lesson, if there is one.

I ALMOST TURNED AROUND HEREWashington, DC