An interesting thing happens when a group like Elements travels to a new location (London, NYC, Chicago) to study together for a month.  The first morning we all pretty much stuck to the map, walking to Ruth Page Center for the Arts and climbing the 4 long flights to Studio IV in a building from 1927.  As days flow into weeks, our circle of experience widens.  We notice for instance, that if you look out the window of one apartment and down the street, you can glimpse the horizon past Lake Michigan - and looking the other way, you can see Trump Tower, built on a bend in the Chicago River.  Gradually we venture into new neighborhoods to shop, see plays and sight-see.  We make friends with people we meet at the corner restaurant and greet them like old friends when we pass by later.  As the interior core, the familiar, the trusted, becomes more secure we adventure, get lost and find out way, and expand our experience.  And, everyone has now found a new way to get to the Studio in the morning without a map!