https://smileasyougoby.com If You Can't Stop, Smile As You Go By Tue, 28 Apr 2020 22:51:27 +0000 https://smileasyougoby.com en https://smileasyougoby.com/Poster Tue, 14 Apr 2020 16:41:30 +0000 If You Can't Stop, Smile As You Go By https://smileasyougoby.com/Poster <img width="6949" height="4960" width_o="6949" height_o="4960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/40e6f5a5a60117dc0f2c7cf709bcb95d330cdbfc84dcaf31bfa302af5ac3ff4c/PosterWithCoins.jpg" data-mid="67071489" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/40e6f5a5a60117dc0f2c7cf709bcb95d330cdbfc84dcaf31bfa302af5ac3ff4c/PosterWithCoins.jpg" /> https://smileasyougoby.com/Introduction-Continuous-Scroll Tue, 28 Apr 2020 22:51:27 +0000 If You Can't Stop, Smile As You Go By https://smileasyougoby.com/Introduction-Continuous-Scroll We flipped coins; heads or tails, East or West, North or South. Total surrender to arbitrary instruction. If we planned accordingly, the project would make itself. It wasn’t about making beautiful images, but sticking to a methodology and taking responsibility for what we’d done. We drove three hundred miles a day and navigated by Michelin road map but otherwise vowed not to indulge in nostalgia that was not our own. We just passed through, stopped when we had to. On the first day, we listened to local radio. Every day after, we sat silent. Though it had not mattered where we were going, the sentiment was something other than indifferent. Our agitation in the moment translates into a certain somberness. One way of going nowhere is to remain within Corporate America, where everything looks the same. You can drive halfway across the country or more before beginning to feel something new. A veil of familiarity. We assured ourselves that if we didn’t get what we needed out of the trip to make a compelling work, we could walk our cameras down Brownsville Road and fill in the gaps. There were no whims. We pulled the car over only twice. For five days we drove in a particular but arbitrary direction. Artifacts of satellite television. Clusters of black balloons lurking at the end of hidden driveways. A thousand golden arches. Two people who have never gone on vacations. Under the guise of leisure we have labored over the amorphous journey. We decided that, for us, stillness was an additive process. We were neither the Dorothea Lange nor the Migrant Worker. What started as a critical engagement with the bonafide American Road Trip now looks and sounds a lot like the last love song for a different way of travel. We returned to Pittsburgh after midnight, tipping into the 7th of July. The drive home always feels longer. The hangover of wanderlust. We fell into that thick, rich, deep sleep and stayed in bed for all the next day, because we were home and for a time it would feel new again. Jacquelyn Johnson &nbsp; | &nbsp; Andy Daub Thank YouC.G. Corrigan Wrong Way Travel FellowshipCMU School of Art &amp; Bob KollarDan HaritanDan Landoni Brian Eno &amp; Peter Schmidt https://smileasyougoby.com/Map-Day-0 Tue, 28 Apr 2020 17:01:01 +0000 If You Can't Stop, Smile As You Go By https://smileasyougoby.com/Map-Day-0 <img width="4438" height="2959" width_o="4438" height_o="2959" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c5d96f22607584cdc51882c5a23f063dc2f5e06ab6e473a09e35faa2bd44b81a/1.jpg" data-mid="68818458" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c5d96f22607584cdc51882c5a23f063dc2f5e06ab6e473a09e35faa2bd44b81a/1.jpg" /> https://smileasyougoby.com/Expositional-Photographs Sun, 19 Apr 2020 14:20:40 +0000 If You Can't Stop, Smile As You Go By https://smileasyougoby.com/Expositional-Photographs <img width="1500" height="1200" width_o="1500" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/981a6ca6018fd61408b9df39bd6a4c81cab565eb6930da3e97256d2e3905c2f8/coinflip_1_2.jpg" data-mid="67568601" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/981a6ca6018fd61408b9df39bd6a4c81cab565eb6930da3e97256d2e3905c2f8/coinflip_1_2.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1200" width_o="1500" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d850e78846f313c6ad629f6197ec54785b7daab89ab87b822163648f9c42428/coinflipring_2.jpg" data-mid="67568602" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0d850e78846f313c6ad629f6197ec54785b7daab89ab87b822163648f9c42428/coinflipring_2.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1200" width_o="1500" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bcbdc01feabb7cf798fa57451be166f38d4cc097356a332cf6600483c39568c7/newbernhotel.jpg" data-mid="67568603" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bcbdc01feabb7cf798fa57451be166f38d4cc097356a332cf6600483c39568c7/newbernhotel.jpg" /> https://smileasyougoby.com/Coin-Flip-July-1 Mon, 27 Apr 2020 03:39:38 +0000 If You Can't Stop, Smile As You Go By https://smileasyougoby.com/Coin-Flip-July-1 https://smileasyougoby.com/Map-Day-1 Tue, 28 Apr 2020 17:03:12 +0000 If You Can't Stop, Smile As You Go By https://smileasyougoby.com/Map-Day-1 <img width="4383" height="2922" width_o="4383" height_o="2922" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/283508fdb99b6a7fc43b5ddea697e265b7a23e5ef3297ccc9275eef25697ca03/2.jpg" data-mid="68823340" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/283508fdb99b6a7fc43b5ddea697e265b7a23e5ef3297ccc9275eef25697ca03/2.jpg" /> https://smileasyougoby.com/July-1-2019 Tue, 14 Apr 2020 16:41:30 +0000 If You Can't Stop, Smile As You Go By https://smileasyougoby.com/July-1-2019 July 1, 2019 <img width="690" height="375" width_o="690" height_o="375" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df03ecf57c0278d52d3e51fc4074aa5e46016dfe3040ea48e44ff71b1a665461/July_1.jpg" data-mid="67087877" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/690/i/df03ecf57c0278d52d3e51fc4074aa5e46016dfe3040ea48e44ff71b1a665461/July_1.jpg" />southeast <img width="1800" height="1200" width_o="1800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9a7fed239604ebaf61942a54602e6468dca9ddf5577a5d981a18afcb243caf71/TURNITUPSIDEDOWN.jpg" data-mid="67089544" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9a7fed239604ebaf61942a54602e6468dca9ddf5577a5d981a18afcb243caf71/TURNITUPSIDEDOWN.jpg" /> turn it upside down Pittsburgh, PA - Richmond, VA Route: 376 W, I-79, US-19, US-68, I-70, US-51, Paw-Paw Road Stops: Morgantown, WV, Cumberland, MD, Winchester, VA Radio: 101.1 WZUM FM Pittsburgh, 103.9 FM West Moreland County, 100.9 Morgantown, 99.7 FM Winchester, AM 1430 Standson Breakfast: N/A Lunch: panang curry &amp; bamboo curry, $21.08 Dinner: large fry, $2.28 Mileage: 360.4mi Night-stay: Motel 6, $45.99 https://smileasyougoby.com/Pile-July-1 Thu, 16 Apr 2020 22:24:44 +0000 If You Can't Stop, Smile As You Go By https://smileasyougoby.com/Pile-July-1 <img width="1680" height="2100" width_o="1680" height_o="2100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d39583782af05ad3784300eb9cef5b4d3dcc6863ec1958022abf6afa76f56e6d/Reminder_1.jpg" data-mid="67571035" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d39583782af05ad3784300eb9cef5b4d3dcc6863ec1958022abf6afa76f56e6d/Reminder_1.jpg" /> <img width="750" height="1125" width_o="750" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dcbae30735e0a0216ad494f92a63fbae8a4908277858485da44b23df89d6cfcb/July1_ChaangThaiRestaurant.jpg" data-mid="67860320" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/750/i/dcbae30735e0a0216ad494f92a63fbae8a4908277858485da44b23df89d6cfcb/July1_ChaangThaiRestaurant.jpg" /> <img width="1919" height="1420" width_o="1919" height_o="1420" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1d21268f1faff5ca60b63567cc2d78b4e04dada2b4c061fa11b4badd16aa452c/1_Virginia_FamilyPlot.jpg" data-mid="67269695" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1d21268f1faff5ca60b63567cc2d78b4e04dada2b4c061fa11b4badd16aa452c/1_Virginia_FamilyPlot.jpg" /> <img width="750" height="1575" width_o="750" height_o="1575" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f3877018b33be2f746859b5967f9b743e87b1c5dffd2c475095f4060496a82e3/July1_ChickFilA.jpg" data-mid="67860321" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/750/i/f3877018b33be2f746859b5967f9b743e87b1c5dffd2c475095f4060496a82e3/July1_ChickFilA.jpg" /> <img width="1050" height="600" width_o="1050" height_o="600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ac789ea418f389bd67bba5634d19150fd900d5c43374df103e02966180c89e2a/July1_Cumberland_Parking.jpg" data-mid="67860324" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ac789ea418f389bd67bba5634d19150fd900d5c43374df103e02966180c89e2a/July1_Cumberland_Parking.jpg" /> https://smileasyougoby.com/Journal-July-1 Tue, 14 Apr 2020 16:41:30 +0000 If You Can't Stop, Smile As You Go By https://smileasyougoby.com/Journal-July-1 <img width="4200" height="3300" width_o="4200" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/28dd1f983fa23cddb287b09ccc8d422955db2723f089807add65a92c33c438dd/SPREAD_July1.jpg" data-mid="67138918" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/28dd1f983fa23cddb287b09ccc8d422955db2723f089807add65a92c33c438dd/SPREAD_July1.jpg" /> <img width="4300" height="3399" width_o="4300" height_o="3399" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d8b86eb6563e5fa3929056a6fd0b6b049f74b2ff3e00e0df465f52b72cb366af/Directions_July1.jpg" data-mid="68855864" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d8b86eb6563e5fa3929056a6fd0b6b049f74b2ff3e00e0df465f52b72cb366af/Directions_July1.jpg" /> Got off to a late start so the day was cut in half before we were moving. Quick lunch in Morgantown, WV. All controversy aside, I enjoyed the waffle fries at Chick Fil-A more than I expected. We saved the extra sauce and napkins. Landed at the Motel 6 in Richmond, VA around 8:30. Room 147 out by the airport. Don’t feel too safe here. I asked Jacquelyn on the ride in if the Motel 6 has continental breakfast. She fired back that Motel 6 is called Motel 6 because the rooms only cost $6 when they first opened. Approx. $60 today. You get a bed and a bathroom, hopefully a TV. Safety not guarenteed. We called our banks so they wouldn’t put a freeze on our cards. It felt cryptic leaving it at that we didn’t know where we would be going, bohemian or reticent? Neither. I baked peanut butter cookies instead of making breakfast. We paid the meter for an hour’s worth in Morgantown. Lunch at Chaang Thai Restaurant. Two different people entered the restaurant from off the street just to say hello to a man who was eating there with his son. Nothing there for them but him. When we left, I checked, and you couldn’t see him from outside. We couldn’t fit the whole open map in the car at once. We made new creases and folded the map to suit our trajectory to Richmond. The legend was in French. I misdirected Andy leaving Morgantown. “It’s ok,” he said, “I needed a place to throw my apple anyway.” I was making waves out the window when I thought I’d been shot through my open palm. Made contact with a bug doing 60mph. Andy told me to keep the napkin that I used to wipe my hand. The AM radio station we landed on sounded like a shortwave radio and played Adele. Just like being on hold with Virgin Mobile in 2010. https://smileasyougoby.com/Dirty-Napkin Sun, 26 Apr 2020 23:10:35 +0000 If You Can't Stop, Smile As You Go By https://smileasyougoby.com/Dirty-Napkin <img width="4723" height="3778" width_o="4723" height_o="3778" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e2d4f065e29aa0bfe8528dfd1fa2b60c28b873e455834ddbef72750718952650/DirtyNapkin.jpg" data-mid="68582789" border="0" alt="napkin used to wipe my hand after obliterating a bug" data-caption="napkin used to wipe my hand after obliterating a bug" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e2d4f065e29aa0bfe8528dfd1fa2b60c28b873e455834ddbef72750718952650/DirtyNapkin.jpg" />