2. What did we notice as we
walked around?
Karis –
•
•
•
•
Sam –
• Far more intimidated by people
I was very nervous
around me, when a homeless
man approached us I felt very
I walked at around half the speed
reliant on Karis, I was also less
I don’t like large groups of people
confident to speak when she
or noisy groups of
bumped into one of her
people, someone walked into me
friends.
not noticing I was blindfolded
• The way I walked changed, I
Everything seems more
started stamping.
exaggerated, slopes seem
• As time went on I became more
steeper, lumps and
comfortable with the blindfold
bumps, sounds and temperature
on.
• I found busier environments
the most daunting.
3. Could we work out where we were or
did we become quickly disorientated?
• Karis –
Sam –
• I was okay on familiar parts of
• Easier than I thought to
campus however I became
become quickly
quickly disorientated after this.
disorientated, I had rough
ideas in my idea but I think I • When I asked Sam where he
was normally quite
was he often has somewhere in
his head that was close but not
inaccurate.
quite right.
• It would have been harder in
an area off campus.
4. SENSES
• We both felt reliant on
sound and touch
• I felt as though I was relying on touch much more than
sound, however I had to think less about listening.
5. Picturing our environment…
• I pictured my environment most of the time while
walking, even when I was more at ease, mainly
out of curiousity.
• We both kept asking one another where we were
or if they knew where they were.
• I began picturing my environment but gave up
and put my full trust in Karis.
6. Helpless? Trust and
Power..
•
I don’t feel completely helpless but I do feel vulnerable, I am completely
reliant on Sam.
•
To begin with I felt quite helpless, but I gained confidence as I
continued my walk.
•
I kept wondering if it would have been easier if I we had met prior to the
sensewalk? I trusted Sam until he forgot to tell me about a step, then I got
uneasy when we hadn’t come across any in a while.
•
I realised how reliant Sam was on me when we came across doors only big
enough for one person to go through, he would completely stop until I gave
him my hand back.
•
I felt that I had to put a lot of trust in my partner, I felt comfortable that
my partner had my safety in mind.
•
I felt as though the guide was more powerful than the blindfolded
walker, whilst I was blindfolded I also felt as though the general public were
also more powerful than me
•
I was very vulnerable and reliant upon my partner.
