Sensory Ethnography 5 - Joyce

My final observation is from Joyce, 80 years old.

Experience counts as the many years tower over the youthfulness of the rest. From an elders perspective, all senses combine to factor in the surroundings. Patience stands for safety as an over cautious conscience  steps in and stands ground. Seeing motion in fast forward, this is normal to an elderly lady who cautiously takes her time as she steps out to the edging of the hard cold road. She double checks both ways, and takes her path across the road being careful at every step, not to slip on the wet slippery road. As the traffic waiting for her drives on by, the echo becomes a distant noise which will appear again soon.

The stories i got from Joyce were almost more interesting than the observations, she told me about how roads used to be, without as much traffic around. The main thing she pointed out to me was she had no time limits for anything in her life, so she has no need to run across roads, she would rather be safe than sorry.