{"id":12014,"date":"2017-06-29T11:54:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T18:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/?p=12014"},"modified":"2017-06-29T19:33:54","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T02:33:54","slug":"hey-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/2017\/06\/29\/hey-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Hey, Look!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"a-Yellow-Tulip-115\"<\/a>
\n<\/a>To see a world in a grain of sand<\/em>
\n And a heaven in a wild flower,<\/em>
\n Hold infinity in the palm of your hand<\/em>
\n And eternity in an hour.<\/em><\/h6>\n
That’s William Blake. He noticed things.
\nWe can too.<\/h6>\n

Recently, driving in a car with a child, we came up with the idea to notice everything red.\u00a0It became a little game, not necessarily competitive, but a reason to look, to notice, to identify. We were both delighted with how many things we found, large and small. After awhile we did the same with things green, later yellow, then blue. Each category became special, our eyes were momentarily more opened, and perhaps the effect was lasting. Eyes, once opened, see more.<\/p>\n

That’s basically what this blog is about. It’s noticing things,\u00a0bringing out bits that may have been\u00a0hidden, or not so hidden, just missed. Life’s\u00a0material\u00a0is so abundant it can overwhelm, we can overlook\u00a0the nuance. How much blue is in the world with all that sky? But then it’s not always blue. And the ocean? What color is water really?<\/p>\n

So, better to take longer looks. That’s what I’m doing here, noticing things, looking at them slightly longer, perhaps in different light, and sharing them with you.<\/p>\n

Because sharing is part of it. Who can look at a sunset without wanting\u00a0to experience it with another? Or encountering something unique, want to say, “Hey, look!”<\/p>\n

I try to keep these short, knowing your days. A few upcoming topics include:<\/p>\n

A Dash of Color<\/span> (in the visual and in realms beyond)<\/em><\/p>\n

A Funny Thing about Creativity<\/span> (a way to strengthen such\u00a0thinking)<\/em><\/p>\n

The Lifetime Achievement Award<\/span> (something for each of us)<\/em><\/p>\n

About Consciousness<\/span> (the mystery of our being)<\/em><\/p>\n

Death and\u00a0Life<\/span> (with death coming first)<\/em><\/p>\n

How to Evaluate Art<\/span> (art being metaphor for everything else)<\/em><\/p>\n

And on, and on, and on.<\/em><\/p>\n

Then, there\u00a0are other topics, like the now-and-then motivators on how to get going\u00a0again. Back posts reveal\u00a0many such; there will be more.<\/p>\n

Sometimes\u00a0there’s just something funny, because that’s important too.<\/p>\n

As always, comments are welcome. They often round out the picture. And this is a community of friends.<\/p>\n

Meantime, notice things, and tell me what you\u00a0see. Your life will be bigger for it. And so will mine.<\/p>\n

Hope to see you regularly on these posts.<\/p>\n

Hyatt<\/p>\n

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Let’s open our eyes, everything’s all around us. Maybe this blog will help us see it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12014"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12014"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12055,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12014\/revisions\/12055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}