On inconspicuous and overlooked details

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"Voodles represents the exact opposite of the Western ideal of great beauty as something monumental, spectacular, and enduring with meaning. Voodling is mainly found at moments of inception or subsiding. Voodle is about the minor and the openly hidden, the tentative and the ephemeral: things so subtle and evanescent they are almost invisible to vulgar eyes. The closer to the inconspicuous, the more exquisite and evocative they become. Consequently to experience voodles means you have to slow way down, be patient, and look very closely."

Conscious that observation is utmost attention while in a quotidian, aloof Zen state, Sam Renseiw also remembered that else one might step right into it. View the casual stroll in the hood along doorways, parked bicycles and natural discharges by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 557, semanal08week1b, 04'02'', 25MB, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Blip.tv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere video features something more spectacular, on a street corner, seen from inside a local cafe. (Lum # 74 "the head-shot seance " 00'44'' 3.8MB, Quicktime/mov) Other's fine Lumieres at the main site.