good things to pay attention to more often
the color of trees
clouds and how they look different throughout the day
the different colors the mornings can have. sometimes it's an orange hue and sometimes pink and sometimes it's too misty to tell
pretty color schemes in random places (the trees and your neighbors wooden patio and the color of their car)
the states of the vehicles passing you by, dents and scratches and the different trinkets suspended from their rearview mirrors
the sound of silence
the shadows the lights cast in your home, like how sunset looks different than sunrise, and the shadows the sun casts look different than those of your lamps and candles
pretty details in buildings and houses like certain types of windows or doorknobs or archways
the movement of things in the wind. flags, leaves, flowers, people's hair and coats
(more, because you guys left the best ones in the tags:)
the golden outline people and animals get in the sunlight
the speed that the clouds move with
the expression of cars (you can tell by looking at the headlights!?)
water droplets racing on the windows of a moving vehicle
birdsong and how many different ones there are
flocks of birds
the way people interact in public, what things they’re carrying, what they’re looking at (the sky, their food, each other)
things that stick out really obviously like a bright yellow car or an abnormally tall tree branch or a single light left on in an office building
reflections in bodies of water and windows and cars. as if the world is twice as big and beautiful.
the gradient of the sky when there’s little to no clouds
the direction, speed and temperature of the wind. how it feels on your skin and how it tugs at tree branches!
all the different textures of the walls you encounter (trace your fingers over the bumpy ones, look for faces or familiar shapes)
how far light reaches. and how it sometimes seems to dance with the shadow
people’s soft reactions to whatever is happening around them. small smiles, wide eyes, suppressed laughter, or even pure confusion
everything that’s alive. that there’s no definitive, general answer to how you can visually tell that everything around you lives, just that it does.
