sometimes the right choice is to take your camera everywhere you go. to the park. to the laundromat. to the grocery store, or the weekend market, or the bar. to the gallery. to the ice cream shoppe. to the BBQ. to the temple, or church, or synagogue, or the piers.
sometimes the right choice is to leave your camera at home. seeing the world in a paused moment from the bombardment of everyday now. shut out the internets, the frequencies, the refresh rates. leave behind the droning hum of fluorescent tubes overhead, the quiet vibrations of computer chassis touching external hard drives.
sometimes the right choice is to make a choice, and mean it.
tonight's homework:
think about five ways you could start a conversation, and then sometime over the weekend, practice these intros on a stranger. preferably people who you're in close proximity to (not in a creeper way), are more prone to at least indulge you for a quick exchange. learn something new about this person if you have the chance, and see what sort of other humans are out there. make a connection.
examples of recent interactions i had: met two australians through a mutual friend, talked to a taxi driver who loves driving, treats it as a game of sorts (safely), and thinks tribeca is dangerous.
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