{"id":189535,"date":"2019-11-17T05:53:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T13:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=189535"},"modified":"2019-11-17T07:07:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T15:07:01","slug":"beauty-in-the-mundane-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/17\/beauty-in-the-mundane-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Beauty in the Mundane"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As photographer-artists, what is it we are hungry for, and what we are searching for?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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We are searching for the beautiful. The beautiful as an aesthetic concept. Beautiful as an image which uplifts us, inspires us, and gives us the great vigor and great will to live!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is the mundane? Mundane comes from \u00e2\u20ac\u0153mundus\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (the world). Anything worldly, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153ordinary\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153common\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, and everyday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Santa Monica, 2011. Shot during my lunch break at the mall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Beauty in the mundane is thus anything which is beautiful in the world. Discovering beauty in everyday life is the goal!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why this is a powerful notion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Most of us live boring existences. The 9-5 grind. I even recall HOW BORING my old student job was working in the IT department. Too much time in front of a screen, not enough time exploring in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My hunger for novelty, adventure, the world!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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One of my great dreams when I was in college was this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travel the world and make great photographs. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Even though I was living in LA, I felt bored. Perhaps it is my personality and character to desire more novelty, more experiences, more smells, more sights, and more adventures. I hate lack of stimuli and randomness\/chaos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Life post-adventure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My first big adventure was backpacking through Europe for about a month, hitting up all the big spots:<\/p>\n\n\n\n