looking up

when i walk i tend to cast my gaze downward…in fact, i stare at the ground…i easily become oblivious to everything around me…i even become unaware of what is actually on the ground, lost somewhere inside of myself…lately i have been taking my camera with me with more frequency, and am looking around more…up, down, to the sides, all around…and learning to see things with fresh eyes and a different perspective…i take pictures of things i have never noticed before…it strikes me how often i walk around without any awareness of my surroundings…and i wonder why my sense of direction is so dismal!

one day a couple of weeks or so ago i stood and took pictures of my shadow…i must have taken around 30 or so of them with my body in different positions…i wonder when the last time it was i even noticed my shadow at all…

it’s startling to me how much attention it requires just to “notice” things right in front of me…there are so many things TO notice…the wonderful old ranch houses across the street with farm equipment i can’t even identify)…a crow perched at the very top of a chimney…horse’s hoof marks made in the gravel trail…the beautiful geometric design on a manhole cover…the bark of a tree that looks like a cartoon character’s face…etc.

so much to discover…so much to rediscover…so much to wake up to…so much to just look at and…to see…

what did you notice today?

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