Taking Pictures Of Random Things

A five year old with a camera is basically a tiny philosopher with sticky fingers.

Mine said, very calmly, as if she was announcing the law of gravity: “I don’t want to take pictures of beautiful things. I want to take pictures of random things so you can tell me about them.”

Most adults spend their lives trying to upgrade random into impressive. We want the polished hobby, the respectable skill, the thing we can eventually be “good” at, like goodness is the admission price for joy.

But there’s a secret passageway in the brain that only opens when you go from focused to random on purpose.

You’ve been grinding on the same problem for three hours? Go learn one chord on a guitar. Rearrange your spice rack like it’s an art exhibit. Watch a video about how glass is made. Walk outside and name five things you usually ignore.

Not to become amazing.

To become awake.

Random is not a distraction. It’s a doorway back into curiosity, which is the original engine of competence, creativity, and feeling like you’re actually alive in your own day.

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