{"id":25115,"date":"2015-10-01T03:49:01","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T10:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=25115"},"modified":"2015-10-30T22:27:58","modified_gmt":"2015-10-31T05:27:58","slug":"the-simple-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/01\/the-simple-things\/","title":{"rendered":"The Simple Things"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Evening,
Evening, September 29th, 2015. iPhone 6 Plus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A post taken from Josh’s blog<\/a>. He doesn’t always say much, but like this post talks about, simple things are sometimes good ones. Enjoy.<\/em><\/p>\n

The end of a long weekend. I used to travel on weekends like this. I would go to Tokyo or Hong Kong. Now, I prefer to stay nearer home.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"Morning,
Morning, September 29th, 2015. iPhone 6 Plus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Funny that. I’m not sure I enjoy staying close. I stayed in a hotel last night just to feel like I was doing something. Just to feel like I was getting away.<\/p>\n

\"Morning,
Morning, September 29th, 2015. iPhone 6 Plus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Walking from the hotel to the metro, I kind of had a think about that. I’m not sure it worked. I’m not sure it made me feel better to be away.<\/p>\n

\"Morning,
Morning, September 29th, 2015. iPhone 6 Plus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I am learning to appreciate the simple things. I didn’t bother to take a camera with me to Seoul. Just my phone. “Not going to take many photos anyway.” At least that is what I told myself.<\/p>\n

\"Morning,
Morning, September 29th, 2015. iPhone 6 Plus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Not sure why I decided to start taking them in the morning on the way home. Maybe I was bored. Happens to me a lot lately. I just start taking photos without thinking about it. Didn’t really matter that I didn’t have a “real” camera.<\/p>\n

\"Early
Early afternoon, September 29th, 2015. iPhone 6 Plus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I think this is the way photography is meant to be. Without too much thought. When I have to think about it, I get bored of it. When I have to think about it, I feel like I’d rather be doing something else.<\/p>\n

\"Early
Early afternoon, September 29th, 2015. iPhone 6 Plus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It is part of the reason I came back to Korea. I don’t think much here. My father once told me Korea is like Neverland for me. It is, in that I don’t feel the time here. Living is more like being. I’m just here.<\/p>\n

\"Afternoon,
Afternoon, September 29th, 2015. iPhone 6 Plus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I started the train ride by closing the curtain out of habit. No camera, nothing to look at. A funny thought considering I had been taking photos on my way to the train.<\/p>\n

To that point, I’ll often go on a trip with a big camera and suddenly it becomes about taking photos more than the trip. A point I’ve often made here, but I really felt it today. Sitting in the train, looking out the window, I realized I had spent the last three trips on the train trying to take photos and hadn’t really “looked.”<\/p>\n

\"Afternoon,
Afternoon, September 29th, 2015. iPhone 6 Plus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The whole “stop and smell the roses” cliche. I kinda got it today. I spent all this time thinking about doing a project on the train, and blah blah blah. I hadn’t actually taken the time to enjoy the trip properly.<\/p>\n

\"Afternoon,
Afternoon, September 29th, 2015. iPhone 6 Plus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A beautiful trip. While sitting at the hotel I hadn’t really appreciated why I had come in the first place. I spent three hours just looking out the window of that train.<\/p>\n

\"Late
Late afternoon, September 29th, 2015. iPhone 6 Plus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Late
Late afternoon, September 29th, 2015. iPhone 6 Plus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was kind of sad when I got back to Iksan. Kind of sad to get off the train. I probably would have stayed on if it wasn’t the last stop.<\/p>\n

\"Late
Late afternoon, September 29th, 2015. iPhone 6 Plus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Really the end of a long weekend. Sad, really.<\/p>\n

Happy I learned something though.<\/p>\n

Learned to think less. As many times as I say that to myself I manage to forget it easily.<\/p>\n

September 29th, 2015.<\/p>\n

Josh’s instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Josh’s blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Josh’s flickr<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Josh’s twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Evening,
Evening, September 29th, 2015. iPhone 6 Plus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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