idiosyncratic measures

a calm, quiet event in which I wake up to the soft, indistinct sound of morning.

My sheets are smooth and gentle, like that worn t-shirt you found looking through the drawers at your grandmother's house. The shirt's nostalgic smell reveal that she has kept this shirt for years; folded and kept in that miniature box of antiquity and treasure.
Not only that, the colors of the logo "Barcelona, 1995" have discretely faded and you instantly know that this shirt has been places
and has been worn by numerous individuals who managed to experience situations that could have dramatically altered or quietly unperturbed their lives.

(like the sand to the ocean,
the sky today is the sun's frame).


I understand that making sense of such an abstract world can be somewhat exhausting.
So today I propose an exercise, to be practiced whenever your heart decides to center itself and postpone the myriad of distractions Society unfortunately offers:

Focus on your ability to distinguish textures, colors, shapes, and shades. Start by focusing on people's hair- short, stubble, long, wavy, curly, straight... Try to describe in detail what distinguishes one person's hair from another person's hair. Each hair is different. You know it, I know it, she knows it. Now try to say why.

Then switch to leaves or any other article of nature. As you're walking down or up the street to your desired destination, just take a moment to point out a leaf or two. Notice how the colors and shades differ, and try to articulate how it is that each leaf is different from each other.

The point here is to develop expressive skills of differentiation. To develop the ability to individualize every single thing you encounter, and to understand that each thing and person in itself is unique, singular, and worthy of being described in detail.

Then,
focus on your depth perception.
Recognize that Your perspective determines how you see, view, and interpret the world.

Yes,
Notice how the world shifts as you move along within it.