One of my personal theme songs is “Things I’ve Seen Today” by Madeleine Peyroux. You can watch her perform it on Youtube:
Sometimes, I like simply to go outside and shoot whatever I see. The idea is to be observant in the midst of the ordinary. To be startled by the commonplace. And then, to come home and review everything I’ve seen that day. To remark on how awake the exercise has made me.
Here are 10 shots from a single morning. I had to pick something up on Queen’s Quay, so I took up my camera and walked from Bloor to the lake and back again, all the while humming my theme song.
