I’ve been thinking about it for a while now, and I’ve decided that it’s going to happen. I am going on tour.
Doesn’t it sound exciting? I’m excited.
Some time in the next year, probably from May to the beginning of June, I’ll have a big hunk of free time and nothing to do. This trip will probably take up this time.
For the trip, I’m planning on taking some form of transportation other than a car. I like driving a whole lot, but it sometimes feels like it’s taking the easy way out. You don’t have to talk to people, you don’t have to stop in new places. Also, you can’t really write and drive at the same time, and I’d like to get some writing done in transit. I’ll probably write to Amtrak and Greyhound, on the off chance that they’d be willing to sponsor my trip. If neither of them can help me out, I’ll probably take the Megabus.
I’ll start the trip out at home, in Grand Rapids. From there, I’m planning to go to Chicago, where I’ll spend a couple days. In Chicago, I know that I want to go to the Art Institute of Chicago. After that, the plans get fuzzier. I know I want to go to Milwaukee, to visit the Milwaukee Art Museum.
What else is there to do in the world? Is there anything in St. Louis that’s fantastic? What about everything in Minnesota? I want to find amazing things that are related to art and design and located in the upper half of the United States. Do you know of anything? Let’s see great stuff together, then blog about it.
One more thing: I have a huge deep love for this podcast called 99% Invisible, and they’re doing a campaign on kickstarter to fund a third season of their show. The guy who does it is Roman Mars, and he creates fantastic radio and distributes it for free. If you’d like to support it, you can go here.