Would You Fancy That...

I spent the majority of today watching people and waiting for them to do something interesting. Mind you, this wasn’t in a “crazy stalker” kind-of way, but more in an “I’m a forced voyeur because I have photography project due on Thursday” kind-of way. I walked all through the city of Boston for hours. The entire time I was praying for sun and someone with an interesting face (I came to the realization that most objects are more interesting than people around this city). Maybe I was just looking in the wrong places.

I started the morning walking through the Public Gardens and the Commons. There were a lot of pretty trees, a myriad of flowers, some cute dogs, and a shit ton of old people. Lovely as these findings are, they’re not the kind-of things that make for noteworthy photographs. I moved on and found coffee (shock-of-shocks). Leaving Starbucks I felt energized, yet uninspired. That is, until I came across mammoth bouquets of mouse-shaped balloons. Disney was having some kind of promotion at Downtown Crossing. Mickey enthusiasts were passing off the helium-filled advertisements to passer-byers everywhere. Within an hour I couldn’t walk anywhere without coming across one. And, people would leave them tied in random places. This made my day. What can I say? It’s the little things.