Hello fellow bloggers!
I have just gotten back from traveling with a seriously awful internet connection situation.
I switched modes from typing and posting to visual documentation and photo-taking. Interesting!
What I focused in on were all sorts of details that I usually pass over -- corners, ceilings, floors, one object or detail in a very large noisy space. Lots of looking UP and looking DOWN which I had forgotten how to do.
This photo exercise has changed my brain.
I am home now and everything looks slightly different to me - my brain is taking more in.
Somehow (maybe just too much information) I realized that I have been averaging or generalizing things in order to to get by. By refocusing on the beauty in the details, the whole looks more rich and intense -- in the good way -- to me all of a sudden. My view has been enhanced.
I created a first-ever (for me) ppt slide show of my observations to post for your viewing pleasure...once I figure out how to do that. Tonight, if possible.
I have no idea how to upload a slide show but hopefully it will show up on here very soon. Working on that ... New tricks all the time; this class.
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Sounds awesome, Carol! Can't wait to see it! Try http://www.slideshare.net/. They should then give you a little code snippet or link to put in your blog that will embed the PPT just like embedding a video.
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ReplyDeleteCarol, I love that. Noticing the beauty changes everything. When I feel particularly stressed out, it is usually that I have forgotten to do this.
Thanks for the reminder, so timely at the end of the quarter! ;)
Thanks Beth - appreciated. Someday I hope to have 1/1000th of your tips and tricks up my sleeve! I have spent 2 hours trying to find a way to do this and even with various searches that seemed to be trying to solve this simple issue, I was unable to find this answer. Thanks again. (Uploading - cross your fingers!)
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