Perspective! Everything!
I love new place, the magic of finding, and seeing something new, something I have never seen before. I especially love seeing something I have never seen before in something that I have seen a million times before.
Humans have a fabulous way of letting ourselves miss out on really seeing what we see. I think that is why I love Photography. I can show the world what they cant or wont take the time to see.
the other day I had the opportunity to get lost in an area of the city I thought I knew well, and I ended up Underneath and in the middle of what is called the Spaghetti Bowl section of I15 in Salt Lake. I had driven past this little spot a billion time. It appeared to be a standard industrial area that would hold little interest for me, but as I drive my car into the little alcove under the freeway, it was like a new universe opened up.
If you have never felt that feeling, start looking- maybe stare at a wall that you have looked at a million times. Notice the details, how the paint texture stands out, how it bubbles here and there, how its really is an Eggshell color, instead of white.
Look at the buildings you pass as you are driving to work, you will see things jump out at you, maybe it would even be worth it to take the buss so you CAN look as you ride.
For me, as I spent my time exploring my new found world of Mudd and steel, I was at first a little nervous, I didn't know if this was private property- it wasn't fenced, and it wasn't posted, though, you never know if they may have a sign up somewhere that is just hidden in the back so that they can say there was one up. As I explored though, I was caught up by the pattern the deep, rich colors of Steel Blue, and the Bastard Amber colored rust that covered the stacked and bound edifices to industry and creation.
As I saw the beautifully colors, and the grand sunset over the freeway, I felt a peace that you don't think of coming in the middle of the noise freeway, and Dirty industrial park. And all of that came from a new way of seeing and a change in Perspective.
posted by The Precarious Obviologist @ 10:19 AM
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adam are those your photos? they're beautiful.
i've had this experience; i seek out this experience. it's truly one of the most beautiful things about life.
and sometimes, when i'm in the doldrums and life seems hopelessly depressing, god sends me a little flash--a glimpse of womething i know in a new light--and life is beautiful again.
when i was at byu, the poet in residence came and spoke to one of my classes once. he said that when he was a boy, a teacher had them cut a one-inch square hole in a 3x5 card and then look through that hole at their world. he said it changed how he saw his world. that his poems were like that one-inch hole through which he saw reality. what a beautiful thought.
and really, that is the way all of us see the world anyway. our life seems so large to us, but in the grand scheme of things it is only a one-inch (w)hole in the fabric of the eternities. i suppose we could see that as limiting, but i think it's also liberating--allows us to examine, to really understand, what we do see. and it gives us new eyes with which to see the larger picture when we look at it.
Its true they are My images, I want to add a by line but Im not sure how.
thank you for shareing that experience, amelia, I have always felt that our lifes are such a small part of the grander scheme, but even with such a small Life view, we can still have a large impact on the larger part. and one of the major ways, I belive, is seeing the best in what is, and then shareing that with others.
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