New Perspectives

                This week is all about new perspectives. Yesterday I saw something in a new light. It wasn’t a big thing, rather something that to most people wouldn’t be significant at all. I traveled to White Cone on Saturday to watch a softball tournament. As you know I live in Greasewood which is relatively close to White Cone. When headed to White Cone you pass the turn that leads to Greasewood.  This was the first time in years that I had gone passed my usual turn and saw a road I have seen only a few times in my life. On my way back from White Cone to Greasewood I was out of my element. I wasn’t as familiar with where the turn would be.

                 I decided to snap this picture as my reminder of perspectives. Sometimes you think that everything is as it seems, but if you keep traveling and try to see more of it, you will. If you are stuck with a problem in math or can’t think of anything creative for art class, if you just looked at it in a different way it could help you immensely. It may be uncomfortable or hard, but I believe it makes for great results. This also applies to people around you. Two weeks ago we talked about the difference from round and flat characters. Each of us has a combination of the both in our lives. Don’t label people by what you see of them today, because tomorrow they have shaped into a different person just like us. If you try to get to know them better, they could become your friend, or even change your life.

                As a mentioned before, perspective is a good thing to have in art. Art is all about creativity and thinking outside the box. I know when I work on my photography projects, I have to be able to see something in a way no one has thought of yet. This is a good tip to know when we go out into the job market. Just like our economics worksheet, the richest people in the world were able to make things that people valued that hadn’t been created yet (examples: Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg).

                So my challenge to you this week is to view your world a new perspective. It is a way to learn and grow. As Elizabeth would say, the world from my window sill changed yesterday, what about yours?