I recently bought a book titled How To Be An Explorer Of The World by Keri Smith. It has lots of ideas on how to look at the world around you in a way that you've never looked at before. Some of the exploration ideas are kind of silly, but I think it'll give me lots of interesting insights/ideas for my art work. I also think that this will be super fun to do, and that it will help me understand/get to know the amazing world around me a little bit more. :)
"The aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their simplicity and familiarity. (one is unable to notice something-because it is always before one's eyes.)"
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
How to be an explorer of the world:
1.) Always be looking (notice the ground beneath your feet)
2.) Consider everything alive and animate
3.) Everything is interesting! look closer!
4.) Alter your course often
5.) Observe for long durations (and short ones too)
6.) Notice the stories going on around you
7.) Notice Patterns. Make connections.
8.) Document your findings in a variety of ways
9.) Incorporate indeterminancy
10.)Observe movement
11.) Create a personal dialogue with your environment. Talk to it.
12.) Trace things back to their origins.
13.) Use ALL of the senses in your investigations.
14.) Have fun! :)
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