Explore the World

I'm starting a new feature on this here blog called How to be an Explorer of the World. It's taken after the book of the same name by Keri Smith and will be sort of an online account of my journey through that book.

This neat little tome is full of fun exercises and activities to get you interacting differently with the world around you. I will be sharing my explorations with you and you are free to try these out yourself. I am going to be going through the book at a rate of one activity per week; this may vary a bit as we come up on the holiday season.
I see these kinds of books as a great way to get the creative juices flowing and it also gives you something to do when you're bored. I highly recommend you pick up a copy of the book if you wish to follow along. Join in and have fun! This weeks activity is to write down ten things about where are sitting RIGHT NOW that you hadn't noticed before. Here are my ten observations:
1. The edge of the counter top is rough in some spots.
2. There is a $9.90 sticker on the clear film dispenser.
3. I'm not actually sitting down.
4. The matting on the top shelf is different from the bottom shelf.
5. The coffee pot has an elephant on it.
6. The small film box is a lot dirtier than the big one.
7. There is a tennis ball beneath the counter.
8. The pyramid salt lamp does not sit flat.
9. There is a piece of plastic stuck to the chili jar.
10. There are plastic spoons in the glass recycle bin.
Not the most exciting, I know but this sort of exercise gets your brain looking at the little details and you start to notice things you would ordinarily miss. Give it a go and let me know what you think.