Geographies, Part 2: Sahar Abdizadeh

This exercise reminded me of Jon Kabar quote about mindfulness. He says” The best way to capture moments is to pay attention”. This exercise seemed easy at first. Because I have been practicing mindfulness, living in the moment and capturing experiences, for years. The only difference is that this time beside capturing moments in my mind, I need to illustrate them on a piece of paper. After doing this exercise I realized that I am not as mindful as I thought I was. There are many things happening every sing moment which I miss. Some are happening simultaneously. Paying attention to one thing forces us to fade other things to the background. This exercise also thought me seeing is so different from paying attention. I walked around my neighborhood for the 100th time. But this time I paid attention to things I never noticed before.

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