Maeda's SIMPLICITY

Look, Up in the Sky!

Recently I took an extended hiatus from technology to try to calm myself down. No hiptop, no e-mail, etc. Although I did cheat as I brought along a digital camera. Without so many e-mails to read and respond to, I became kind of ADHD and started to get a bit crazy. Cameras don't get cc'ed (yet) so it was nice to focus (literally) on the world around me.

We spend so much time looking eye level at stuff on a daily basis. You look ahead, and maybe down; rarely do you look up. Why? Because nothing important's ever up there. But then I got to thinking about the ongoing conflict in the Middle East that has thankfully subsided for now. If I lived there during the most difficult of times, I would most certainly be looking up a lot driven by survival instead of a carefree desire for inspiration.

So today, look up. What do you see? Do you see a sky clear of manmade disruptions or else Mother Nature's tantrums? If so, then I think that today will be a good day for you. It is for me.