on perspective

after school yesterday i had an impulse to explore, but i decided to do things a little differently: explore by  walking. that’s right kids, no bike. well, i started my morning a little different by first painting my nails. as a cyclist and coffee slinger, i don’t have the best fingernails for cute looks, my hands are worn from my hard work with coffee grinds and bicycle grease in my nails so i used a dark color so the stains hid well. then voila! purple sparkly nails! post school, i started my way home then decided that i didn’t want to ride my bike out, so i started wondering and found some beautiful and interesting sights in the pointing finger photos above. after a long walk, i was inspired by new sights, neighborhoods, people, and odd structures that made me think a little differently. i wrote later in my sketchbook, “instead of riding my bike, i walked everywhere. sometimes you just need a new perspective.” walking was exactly what i needed. do you do anything differently to gain a “new perspective?”