You've got to keep looking. Never stop looking cuz you don't know what you might miss...
Paraphrased from a statement by Grace Covington from Vogue Magazine.
Pretty great advice actually. Esp with living in New York. You never know what you might miss if you don't look. So I make sure I look all the time. I'm looking at people; I'm looking at buildings, at cars; I'm looking at the flowers, the waves, the trees, the concrete; I'm looking at the art thats all around me.
About looking at people:
I wish it were ok to stare. I mean... you know when you find someone staring at you and they immediately take their eyes away. quickly look in a different direction as though they were never really looking; as though their eyes were fixed on the billboard add right behind you the whole time...
I do wonder what goes one through people's heads when they stare at me. I guess I'll never know but I do know that sometimes I just can't stop staring at certain people.
Ex:
It was late and I just got on the train. It was going to be a very long ride all the way to 14th street where I would have to transfer trains (I hate transferring). I had just added some really beautiful music on my ipod and I was ready for the sweetest escape on the train. The plan was for me and my new music to escape into another world where there was nothing else around. No sketchy man talking to himself; no tattooed up couple making out; no confused lady asking everyone where the train was heading... nope just me and my music. I was going to get on a Strawberry Swing with Coldplay; have my heart melted to stone with Adele; realize that Love is My Disease with Alicia Keys. I was going places.
And then... he walks in and sits right in front of me. This was a really beautiful man. Eyes, bone structure posture, style, skin.
I mean I didn't care to talk to him.
Just wanted to look
Kinda like seeing a beautiful painting
You just look
Amazed...
So whether it is looking at people, objects, places, events
whatever it is,
Just make sure you don't stop
Don't walk with your head down
Don't stare into space
Be at the present moment
And just look...
2 comments:
OMG! Chichi this post is awesome and very descriptive, I love it. sometimes I stare at people and wonder how they live their lives, are they happy or sad? If I see a really beautiful man or woman, I something look for fun,especially blue or brown eyes. Girl! I even stare at women's shoes and bag, am guilty of sizing up someone style based on their dressing, are they classy or ghetto? Lord, staring is amazing.
lol. yeah sometimes you just have to stare. thats why i don't mind ppl staring at me... just wonder what they are thinking
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