Spatial Awareness and Old Gadgets
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What do we miss out on when we fail to notice ? I recently re-read a brilliant piece by author Elizabeth Stice in Front Porch Republic: The Power of Place: Payphones. Stice is a self-described "payphone flaneur." In other words, she traverses areas off the beaten path in search of old payphones. This new hobby, she explains, has significantly augmented her sense of place and spatial awareness. Here are just a few payphones that Stice has photographed: You can find a plethora of such photographs on Stice's Instagram page, @phoningpalmbeach . She updates this account regularly, with her last post from just a day ago. From Stice: The value in seeing payphones is the way it develops a practice of seeing. So often we are driving or walking down streets, unaware of what serves us no purpose or where we aren’t heading. Looking for things forces you to notice things. I'll admit: I shut off my peripheral vision when traveling to work, or even when going to meet a friend.