Let’s talk about pausing to take notice of the beauty in ordinary things. I am slowly losing a skill, especially if it’s in my own backyard/city/country.
It’s a different story when I am travelling.
When I travel, I notice the vending machine, the local market, the train station, the neon sign, everything. On my Japan trip, I started collecting Japanese manhole and Daruma doll pictures. Those might be ordinary things for Japanese, but not for me. And digging through the Blogosphere, you must agree with me that some people’s ordinary things are not for others.
I even thought the picture of my back with beautiful scenery as a backdrop was interesting enough to be captured. So I did for years. Now, I have an album in my iPhoto featuring my ass in cities worldwide. Most weren’t flattering pictures, tbh. But I am yet to delete it. Maybe I can create a series and sell it someday when I am famous.
For me, the most fun of it is chasing the pattern of the ordinary things that I am attracted to. By paying extra attention to things. And lately, I have been wondering whether I can do this while not travelling. Especially these days when I am not allowed to travel.
To not live life on autopilot by adding a little childlike wander into it.
So recently, I started this micro project to pay more attention to ordinary things at home. I have been collecting pictures of rainbows and the daytime moon, a common sighting in Australia.
I hope it will lift my ordinary life and make it a bit more extraordinary.
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