Place is both the original and the final frontier. At any moment you are an explorer. In every place you discover more about yourself as you discover more about your surroundings.
The human eye has a blind spot; we “see” more than we see. It’s the brain acting on place that “sees” patterns. Look at a cumulus cloud. See the elephant? Of course, you know it’s not an elephant. You know that what you see is the incomplete rudiment of a shape upon which you impose a meaning.
Now look around. What catches your eye? In the same place and from the same perspective, what would catch the eye of another person? Force yourself to “see” the same place with a different emphasis, a different sense of what is important. Look what happens. The place that was ordinary becomes extraordinary, at least temporarily.
So, when you go into that “same old place” where you are unhappy, try re-seeing. You might find that you’ve just entered a “new place” and crossed into a new frontier.
The human eye has a blind spot; we “see” more than we see. It’s the brain acting on place that “sees” patterns. Look at a cumulus cloud. See the elephant? Of course, you know it’s not an elephant. You know that what you see is the incomplete rudiment of a shape upon which you impose a meaning.
Now look around. What catches your eye? In the same place and from the same perspective, what would catch the eye of another person? Force yourself to “see” the same place with a different emphasis, a different sense of what is important. Look what happens. The place that was ordinary becomes extraordinary, at least temporarily.
So, when you go into that “same old place” where you are unhappy, try re-seeing. You might find that you’ve just entered a “new place” and crossed into a new frontier.
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