Value of the Mundane

Recently took a trip to the Rupununi with my brother - only three days, but there’s always something to learn by changing my space so drastically. Dwelling in the city can limit your perspective and I understand why many people appreciate travel so much - there is a wealth of knowledge and experience to be gained by moving to different spaces, experiencing different ways of life, landscapes, and challenges.

I wanted to create a post about appreciation of the mundane, the everyday, the norm. Life is extraordinary in all its forms, and deepening our appreciation of our surroundings, being more aware, certainly heightens the experience that we have, and, as a photographer, the images that can be captured. That is not to say that those images will be appreciated by everyone - viewers will see what they want, and more than likely move on to the next. It doesn’t matter - producing art from your own experience is what matters. Your goal matters.

Deepening appreciation for the mundane can excite the ordinary everyday moments, into the extraordinary, and, incrementally make every experience something very special.