lets not waste a minute more

Life is so hectic for me at the moment, I feel as if I'm skimming over everything at high speed not taking in any particular moment; taking moments for granted. I guess it is because the year is wrapping up now and the people around me are gearing into preperations for 2010. Today I did have a moment of relaxation before work, I walked across to the park where I sit on my lunch breaks and rolled a smoke. A man had obviously decided to use a small space in Fremantle's cultured atmosphere to create a painting on canvas. His painting was full of sweeping blue's, whites; all mixed together in straight yet blurry lines. He had used thickener to create depth and movement in the painting. As I sat watching him paint I became more interested in watching the people walking past and seeing who actually stopped to have a look and to create their own perspective on this busy piece of artwork. I felt as though the people who actually stopped for one moment to look at the painting were alot different to those who simply didn't seem to have the time, or just didn't notice. Even though some people may have been on their way to their own respective appointments and meetings there was a definite split between the groups who would stop and watch the paint hit the canvas ; to those who would merely walk on by; oblivious. It was strange to see people missing out on such a nice little moment I felt like stopping them and getting them to focus their attention on the painting. Now thinking back on it I want to make a mental note to myself to always try and keep in touch with what is going on around me so that I don't miss small moments in my everyday life. I have been so busy that I have forgotten to just stop and take a deep breathe in and exhale all my stresses and to remember that there is bigger and better things in the world and it isn't always worth it for me to become consumed in this western society. After watching the man paint, and watching the people watching the man paint I realised that I had been sitting on the bench for too long and was consequently late to work; so up I got and off to work I went. Straight back into the fast flow of life.