So What is your daily life like?
Is it a drudge? Maybe not, but maybe yes.
I’m sure a lot of people are probably like me, locked into a similar situation, so I wanted to share how I became aware of something inSignificant, and how this image and website came about.
I have a bit of a story to tell … stick with me
You see, I work a very boring office job, the typical 9-5 brain-numbing exercise 5 days a week that I’m locked into. This is just to keep a roof over my head, the bills paid and food in my stomach.
So yeah, I’m just the typical person drudging to work, day in and day out with all days seeming to blend into one another, and with nothing new or interesting to look at. This is difficult because I’m basically a creative type of person, who really finds this type of routine a bit soul destroying.
One thing I try to do to help myself, is to walk to the train to give myself at least some exercise before I have to spend the whole day sitting on the train itself and then for the greater part of the day in front of the computer at work. The 10 min walk to the train and 10 min walk back from the train station just doesn’t feel like I’m getting enough to counter the 40 plus hours a week spent sitting.
With this in mind I came up with a solution of sorts. In a pointless attempt to gain that little bit of extra exercise time, I walk up and down the station platform like a crazy person while waiting for the train to arrive.
Discovering Something Insignificant
My little epiphany came about, while undertaking this mad man pacing activity. It was just the other day, which was a day pretty much like any other, except for one small difference; it had been raining.
Now that might not seem like a big deal; however, things have been very dry here for a long time and we have been going through a prolonged drought. As a result, at least in my part of the world, and especially at this time of year we tend to forget what rain is. This lack of rain just served to make the day to day drudge even worse, seeing the world drying up around me and everything seems to be dying. It reminded me of my own mortality and how I am doing the same, spending my life being forced to spend my time going to a dead-end office job.
Clearly, I was not in a good place, and while the rain was nice, it is also hot here, and so everything was super muggy. The sweat was building up and I was just hoping the aircon in the train would be turned down way low and everyone is complaining how it’s too cold. I grab the ice brick out of my bag, the little one I use to keep my lunch cool and start holding it to my temple trying to work out if I can afford to call in sick.
As I’m nurturing my bad mood, I noticed a small leaf just lying on the platform and I walked right past it, again and again. Then I noticed it has a tiny little drop of water on it … It looked nice and perfect. I wanted to be in that drop of water; I wanted to BE that drop of water!
Now, I’m angry … so I line it up in my sites and I’m just about to kick it when it just catches the sun and starts to sparkle. I stop and look at it for a few minutes and thought … no that looks really cool, who am I to come along and wreck this without taking a moment to at least appreciate it first.
At that moment I decided to take a photo of it.
The problem was, it was really small. How was I supposed to get a good photo of this drop of water on a leaf? All I had on me was my iPhone, but I figured, hey what the hell, all I can do is try …
I was pretty fascinated by this drop of water and this is what I did with my iPhone to try to capture it.
Using My iPhone for Closeup Photography
The problem was, it was really small. How was I supposed to get a good photo of this drop of water on a leaf? All I had on me was my iPhone, but I figured, hey what the hell, all I can do is try …
I held the iPhone as close to the leaf as I could while still being able to get a focus lock. I then used the 2x optical zoom inbuilt into the phone, I decided against trying to use the digital zoom as this just starts to pixelate the image.
I took a couple of shots to get the angle I felt worked with how the water was sitting on the leaf. Once I had the shot I wanted I then used a couple of filters to enhance the colours and applied some sharpness to give it some more clarity.
This little experience was the catalyst that sparked an interest in all the small insignificant stuff around us. It’s so easy to miss, and we miss the beauty and the detail.
Now I’m on a journey to start noticing the insignificant and to find what is actually significant about them.
I hope you can relate and perhaps you can come join me … Maybe you can leave a comment below and tell me a bit about your day to day.