The beauty of ordinary things

everyday things

things that are simply around us

part of the scenery

we hardly notice them

consciously

we seldom focus

to see their actual beauty

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the background texture of our everyday life

the things we usually don’t really consciously see or acknowledge

but they are there, they are reflected in out retina, tickling into our subconscious

they are the visual context of our everyday life

they are beautiful or they are not

they are organic, alive, harmonious or they are not

they are self-chosen or forced onto our psyche

they either nurture us or not

but whatever they are, we still have a basic choice:

to see them

to receive them

to acknowledge them

to be fully aware of them

to contemplate them

to let them in

to let them talk to us

tell their story

i call it mindful seeing

fully present perception of what is there, right now, in the world i am in …..