This is for those of you that live by the bay. Needs a clear day but
no Otis Redding song necessary.
Where I live it takes about a 20-30 mins for a ship that left the
harbour to disappear over the horizon. As it leaves I can see all the
details, the name of the ship, the containers or people. Lots to think
about and observe. I don't take my eyes off it. Gradually it turns
into a smaller and smaller square, and eventually a dot. All that it
is, all the people and cargo and funnels become an ever smaller world.
Somehow that grabs and keeps my focus.
Actually started to do it as an exercise for vision from too much
screen time. Apparently it helps to focus on a distant object and I
think... maybe... hmm... maybe it helps. But anyway, after a half
hour of watching a dot vanish over the horizon, it leaves you with a
_good_ feeling. Like I used to get from astronomy before moving to the
city. YMMV.
This is for those of you that live by the bay. Needs a clear day but no Otis Redding song necessary.
Where I live it takes about a 20-30 mins for a ship that left the harbour to disappear over the horizon. As it leaves I can see all the details, the name of the ship, the containers or people. Lots to think about and observe. I don't take my eyes off it. Gradually it turns into a smaller and smaller square, and eventually a dot. All that it is, all the people and cargo and funnels become an ever smaller world. Somehow that grabs and keeps my focus.
Actually started to do it as an exercise for vision from too much screen time. Apparently it helps to focus on a distant object and I think... maybe... hmm... maybe it helps. But anyway, after a half hour of watching a dot vanish over the horizon, it leaves you with a _good_ feeling. Like I used to get from astronomy before moving to the city. YMMV.