Columbia Short answer! Please tell us what subject has been your favorite and why?
I do not consider maps to be simple objects used for representing the features of an area. Nor do I believe they are mere two dimensional delineations for the only purpose of telling you where 'X marks the spot'. Maps, to me, are pieces of art waiting to be conceptualized. When I examine one, I experience what I see. Skinny bands of blue on paper are now whitewater rapids. Contour lines drawn on green patches alter into undulating mountain topography. Yellow blotches of ink transform into beaches before my very eyes. Map reading allows me to exercise my imagination in the same way a good book would and this is why I love to study Geography.
I do not consider maps to be simple objects used for representing the features of an area. Nor do I believe they are mere two dimensional delineations for the only purpose of telling you where 'X marks the spot'. Maps, to me, are pieces of art waiting to be conceptualized. When I examine one, I experience what I see. Skinny bands of blue on paper are now whitewater rapids. Contour lines drawn on green patches alter into undulating mountain topography. Yellow blotches of ink transform into beaches before my very eyes. Map reading allows me to exercise my imagination in the same way a good book would and this is why I love to study Geography.
