Sketches

This drawing contrasts the the solidity of the Cheniere to the large amount of saturation in the land near the fresh water cuts

The Mississippi river is a key instrument in the city's successes

These two drawings represent the saturation of land near the Gulf and near the multiple cuts leading from the fresh water towards the Gulf. Near the cuts the land closest to the water seemed to be imaginary, it had the appearance of land but in actuality, it was mostly water

Charcoal drawing completed at Cheniere au Tigre

The Mississippi river slowly changed its course

The Mississippi doubles as a life source and a threat to the city of New Orleans

Lines from a poem describing the Mississippi, in a flow-like pattern

Represents the footsteps taken by Eads on the bottom of the Mississippi
"The sand was drifting like a dense snowstorm at the bottom..." (Pg. 26 Rising Tide)