I walked with Amelia and Michael through the market for two days in a row, because there is simply too much activity to not get constantly distracted and find yourself suddenly in the same store you just walked into, half an hour later. There was so much to see before we could even begin to look at the assignment given to us. And I had been here before. I can say I far more enjoyed the outdoors part of the market than the indoors due to becoming very claustrophobic and wanting to body-slam people out of the way.
And I can also say that for the amount of vendors and customers, smells beautiful and not so beautiful, sights that accosted the eye with color, awe-inspiring things being made by hand as we watched and quite a lot of dead fish, the life of the market to me are really the performing artists. Stationed strategically on the street corners at the bottom of the hill and right in the middle of the entrance, alone or in pairs, each one was something you had to stop and watch and listen to. Each one had a message that told of other times and brought tears to your eyes. Those people on the streets telling their stories to the world as a thousand conversations went on around them. One of them we were assigned to ask a question. The one we chose initially was really someone I would still like to hear more from. To not be broken from the flow of his own music, he told us to come back in half an hour. We were pressed for time. When he asked us if it was for an assignment or if we were genuinely interested, I found myself answering the latter. I think one day I will go back and talk to him.
For the other people we posed our question to, I will refer you to Amelia, some posts down. I am only posting photographic evidence of some of the places we were told to find, and found, on our walk.
Isnt It weird how you feel like you are contributing to history, just a little bit? |
I bought a cookie here, it was a good cookie. |
it is an important part of Seattle. And even though it means a lot to people in very different
ways, it is a place to give them a chance to bring these ways together.
-Claire
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