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Shift perspective to envision new worlds

Shift perspective to envision new worlds

From the course: Creative Exercises to Spark Original Thinking

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Shift perspective to envision new worlds

- We sometimes take our homes and workspaces for granted. We see them everyday so they don't really have anything exotic about them to catch our eye. After a while we stop noticing. We glaze over. For instance, even though I consider myself a visual person, I was sitting in my apartment the other day looking out the window and for the first time, I noticed that the neighbors house had squirrel silhouettes cut into their shutters. That might not seem like a big deal, but I've been looking out my front window for 20 years and never noticed it before. When I realized this, it was a wake up call, for me to slow down and pay attention to my everyday surroundings more. I strongly believe that finding inspiration in everyday life is possible and very necessary. Here's something I love to do to help me stay present and truly witness my surroundings. Window tracings. By placing a piece of clear plastic on a window…

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