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"There's always something beautiful to be experienced wherever you are. Right now, look around you and select beauty as your focus." - Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

This was not intended to be a still life. It was not consciously set up as such. Come home from shopping, take fruit out of bag, put fruit in the bowl. What doesn't fit, just lay it on the counter. Saw the flowers walking in with the groceries. Narcissists. Pick some, bring them in, find a glass container, stick them in. Simply so, as it adds life to the kitchen.

It starts getting dark, so turn on some light; in this case the desk lamp temporarily sitting on the counter because the electrician is busy, and the overhead lights recessed in the ceiling aren't working at the moment.

And... Oh.

Good old Dr. Wayne may not have been speaking strictly about things physical or visual at that moment, but I'll take it there.

As such, I suppose this beauty everywhere, anywhere, anytime is an experience that many artists (especially visual artists) are fortunate to have as a possibility each day of their lives. See the Beauty. Select it. Acknowledge it. Regardless of circumstances.

Perhaps it is by temperament, perhaps it is by training and practice, either way, it feels as if visual artists have a bit of a leg up in this respect.

Of course, visual artists are not alone in this. Many children have the ability, but it gets drummed out of them by adults, society, our education system.

"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." - Picasso

I think the ability to see beauty at any moment remains within us, even if you now feel yourself to be an artistically or creatively stunted adult. I believe it is recoverable - that it never goes away - if you desire to recover it.

And THAT is the issue. YOU must DESIRE to see the beauty. To see with the child's eyes you used to have, with no "ifs, ands, yeah buts" or "what abouts." You have to decide that it is possible for YOU (something so many deny themselves - that possibility for THEMSELVES).

And then, start seeing, start noticing, start selecting.

"YEAH but, what is beauty?" (Classic "yeah but, what about" joy killer question. I hate that.)

Get a group of ten, four year-olds. Take them outside into the yard, or leave them in the house even. Ask them, simply, "find something beautiful or pretty and bring it to me."

"Ten different people bring ten different colors." - Japanese Proverb

Yeah. That's it. Do what they just did. Be four.

Kitchen by Lu

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Kitchen by Timothy Winner

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Kitchen Shadows #21 by Joshua L Smith

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Kitchen…. by Little Hand Images

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The kitchen is 99% finished, but only because I’ve decided enough is enough. I think I’ve decided it’s done and will go onto another room.

Kitchen Art by Mr. Happy Face - Peace :)

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Bacon Smokey Cheddar Cheese Omelet

Kitchen_Window by Alina Mayer

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This is how the kitchen turned out. Our cleaning lady has recently said she was looking forward to every Friday when she could spend a couple of hours in our place :)

Hell's Kitchen by RadPhotos

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Hell's Kitchen

Kitchen Timer Macro by Chic Bee

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#MacroMondays #MembersChoiceFoundintheKitchen

A timer in the kitchen is essential when cooking or baking a number of dishes.

I like the light this timer gives off when it is timing

I specifically tried to capture minutes and seconds that are the first two numbers in an arithmetic series, e.g. 6, 12, 18, 24, ... n x 6...

Not part of the challenge, just fun for me.

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kitchen by Vilmos Visual